The patient safety curriculum for undergraduate medical students as a first step toward improving patient safety

Journal of Surgical Education

Volumn 69, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 659-664

  Myung, Sun Jung ^a   Shin, Jwa Seop ^a   Kim, Ji Hyung ^a   Roh, Hyerin ^b   Kim, Yoon ^a   Kim, Jeongeun ^c   Lee, Sang Il ^d   Lee, Jae Ho ^d   Kim, Suk Wha ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kangwon National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

curriculum development; medical education; medical error; patient safety

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CURRICULUM; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; PATIENT SAFETY; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84865249491     PISSN: 19317204     EISSN: 18787452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsurg.2012.04.012     Document Type: Article

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