Role of medical students in preventing patient harm and enhancing patient safety

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 272-276

  Seiden, S C ^a   Galvan, C ^b   Lamm, R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAMOTIDINE; STEROID;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTHROSCOPY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GASTROTOMY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; INFECTION; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; POSTOPERATIVE VOMITING; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; RESUSCITATION; TOTAL COLON RESECTION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS; UNITED STATES;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEAR; HIERARCHY, SOCIAL; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; ORGANIZATIONAL CASE STUDIES; RESUSCITATION ORDERS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SOCIOLOGY, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33747262581     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2006.018044     Document Type: Article

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