Undergraduate education to address patient safety

New Zealand Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 1279, 2008, Pages 119-121

  Garden, Alexander ^a,b   Bernau, Sharmila ^b   Robinson, Geoffrey ^b   Chalmers, Cheyne ^b  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b CAPITAL AND COAST DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; LETTER; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NEW ZEALAND; NURSING EDUCATION; PARAMEDICAL EDUCATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PHARMACY; POLICY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUALITY CONTROL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGISTRATION; UNIVERSITY;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATION, NURSING; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEW ZEALAND; QUESTIONNAIRES; SAFETY;

EID: 50449109614     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11758716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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