Changing the culture in medical education to teach patient safety

Health Affairs

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1600-1604

  Kirch, Darrell G ^a   Boysen, Philip G ^b  

^a ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEADERSHIP; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL INFORMATICS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PATIENT SAFETY; TEAMWORK;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, GRADUATE; HUMANS; NORTH CAROLINA; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; SAFETY MANAGEMENT; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL;

EID: 80053997006     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0776     Document Type: Article

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