The H-PEPSS: An instrument to measure health professionals' perceptions of patient safety competence at entry into practice

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 676-684

  Ginsburg, Liane ^a   Castel, Evan ^b   Tregunno, Deborah ^a   Norton, Peter G ^c  

^a YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPETENCE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL FACTOR; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION IN PATIENT SAFETY SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MODEL; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOMETRY; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF REPORT; TEAMWORK;

ADULT; COMMUNICATION; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT SAFETY; PERCEPTION; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84864564254     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000601     Document Type: Article

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