Students' perceptions of patient safety during the transition from undergraduate to postgraduate training: An activity theory analysis

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 347-358

  de Feijter, Jeantine M ^a   de Grave, Willem S ^a   Dornan, Tim ^a   Koopmans, Richard P ^b   Scherpbier, Albert J J A ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Activity theory; Communities of practice; Patient safety; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; DEMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; SAFETY; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TIME; TRUST;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FOCUS GROUPS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; LEARNING; PATIENT CARE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL THEORY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SAFETY; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME FACTORS; TRUST; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960456437     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-010-9266-z     Document Type: Article

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