Check a box. save a life: How student leadership is shaking up health care and driving a revolution in patient safety

Journal of Patient Safety

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-47

  Henderson, Daniel ^a,b   Carson Stevens, Andrew ^c   Bohnen, Jordan ^d   Gutnik, Lily ^e   Hafiz, Shabnam ^f,g   Mills, Shannon ^h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b American Medical Student Association   (United States)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^f HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h INSTITUTE FOR HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

Author keywords

Health profession education; Medical student education; Patient safety; Social media; Student organizing; Surgical safety; WHO surgical safety checklist

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHECKLIST; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STUDENT; SAFETY;

CHECKLIST; GENERAL SURGERY; HUMANS; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL ERRORS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77949436569     PISSN: 15498417     EISSN: 15498425     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PTS.0b013e3181d23411     Document Type: Article

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