Effectiveness of patient safety training in equipping medical students to recognise safety hazards and propose robust interventions

Quality and Safety in Health Care

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 3-8

  Hall, Leslie W ^a,b   Scott, S D ^b   Cox, K R ^b   Gosbee, J W ^c   Boshard, B J ^a   Moylan, K ^a   Dellsperger, K C ^a  

^a University of Missouri   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

^c Red Forest Consulting LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MISSOURI; PATIENT SAFETY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77649088437     PISSN: 14753898     EISSN: 14753901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/qshc.2008.031781     Document Type: Article

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