Patient safety in the undergraduate curriculum: Medical students' perception

Hong Kong Medical Journal

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 101-105

  Leung, Gilberto KK ^a   Patil, Nivritti G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Education; Medical; Medical errors; Safety management; Students; Undergraduate

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CURRICULUM; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HONG KONG; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 77954529683     PISSN: 10242708     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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