Safety skills training for surgeons: A half-day intervention improves knowledge, attitudes and awareness of patient safety

Surgery (United States)

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-31

  Arora, Sonal ^a   Sevdalis, Nick ^a   Ahmed, Maria ^a   Wong, Helen ^a   Moorthy, Krishna ^a   Vincent, Charles ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; ERROR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RECOGNITION; RESIDENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; STUDY SKILLS; SURGEON; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKPLACE;

AWARENESS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; GENERAL SURGERY; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; LONDON; MALE; PATIENT SAFETY; SPECIALIZATION;

EID: 84862893523     PISSN: 00396060     EISSN: 15327361     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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