Year 1 medical undergraduates' knowledge of and attitudes to medical error

Medical Education

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1147-1155

  Flin, Rhona ^a   Patey, Rona ^b   Jackson, Jeanette ^a   Mearns, Kathryn ^a   Dissanayaka, Upul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^b ABERDEEN ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; MEDICAL STUDENTS PATIENT SAFETY QUESTIONNAIRE YEAR 1; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STUDENT ATTITUDE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EVALUATION STUDIES AS TOPIC; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; PATIENT CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SAFETY;

EID: 70450198447     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2009.03499.x     Document Type: Article

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