Curriculum Tools

The CUSP toolkit includes training tools to make care safer by improving the foundation of how your physicians, nurses, and other clinical team members work together. It builds the capacity to address safety issues by combining clinical best practices and the science of safety.

• How to Use the CUSP Toolkit
• CUSP Toolkit Modules

TeamSTEPPS® is an evidence-based teamwork system aimed at optimizing patient outcomes by improving communication and teamwork skills among health care professionals. It includes a comprehensive set of ready-to-use materials and a training curriculum to successfully integrate teamwork principles into any health care system.

• Instructor Guide
• Rapid Response Systems Guide
• Dental Module
• Enhancing Safety for Patients With Limited English Proficiency Module
• Long-Term Care Version
• Primary Care Version
• Using Simulation in TeamSTEPPS Training
• TeamSTEPPS® Long-Term Care Version

This implementation guide is a tool for continuing care retirement community (CCRC) staff to implement the Staying Healthy Through Education and Prevention (STEP) program. The STEP program is an evidence-based exercise program focusing on walking and strength training for seniors. This guide provides the information, tools, curricular material, and other resources needed to successfully implement the STEP program in CCRCs.

Tools and lessons from the Academic Chronic Care Collaborative are provided here for adaptation in teaching medical residents and improving care for patients with chronic illnesses.

These tools will help your unit implement evidence-based practices and eliminate central line-associated blood stream infections (CLABSI). When used with the CUSP (Comprehensive Unit-based Safety Program) Toolkit, these tools dramatically reduced CLABSI rates in more than 1,000 hospitals across the country.