Development and evaluation of a 1-day interclerkship program for medical students on medical errors and patient safety

American Journal of Medical Quality

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 13-17

  Moskowitz, Eric ^a   Veloski, J Jon ^a   Fields, Sylvia K ^a   Nash, David B ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assessment; Clerkships; Medical errors; Medical students; Patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAFETY; UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33845977335     PISSN: 10628606     EISSN: 1555824X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1062860606296669     Document Type: Article

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