Do we know what foundation year doctors think about patient safety incident reporting? development of a web based tool to assess attitude and knowledge

Postgraduate Medical Journal

Volumn 87, Issue 1033, 2011, Pages 750-756

  Robson, Jean ^a,c   de Wet, Carl ^b   Mckay, John ^b   Bowie, Paul ^b  

^a NHS DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c DUMFRIES AND GALLOWAY ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; CONTENT VALIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DELPHI STUDY; EXPERIENCE; HUMAN; INCIDENT REPORT; INTERNET; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STAFF; MEDICATION ERROR; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PILOT STUDY; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERNET; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIANS; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK MANAGEMENT;

EID: 80455127390     PISSN: 00325473     EISSN: 14690756     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/pgmj.2011.117366     Document Type: Article

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