Patient safety: Helping medical students understand error in healthcare

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 256-259

  Patey, Rona ^a   Flin, Rhona ^b   Cuthbertson, Brian H ^c   MacDonald, Louise ^a   Mearns, Kathryn ^b   Cleland, Jennifer ^b   Williams, David ^a  

^a ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT SAFETY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 34547924504     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2006.021014     Document Type: Article

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