<p>The Patient Safety Specialization on Coursera, created by Johns Hopkins University, provides a broad introduction to patient safety and quality improvement in healthcare. The specialization covers core concepts, tools, and strategies for building safety and improvement programmes, culminating in a capstone project.</p><ul><li>Seven courses covering systems thinking, safety culture and teamwork, planning, implementation, sustainment, measurement, and advanced work.</li><li>Each course runs about four weeks with 2-4 hours of lectures, readings, and assignments per week; new sessions begin every two weeks.</li><li>No application, prerequisites, or set class times; courses may be taken individually or concurrently.</li><li>Free to audit; $49/month Coursera subscription earns the specialization certificate; financial aid available from Coursera.</li></ul><p>Enroll on Coursera via the individual course pages and choose Audit for free access, or subscribe to pursue the full specialization certificate.</p>