Training health care professionals in root cause analysis: A cross-sectional study of post-training experiences, benefits and attitudes

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Bowie, Paul ^a   Skinner, Joe ^b   De Wet, Carl ^a  

^a NHS EDUCATION FOR SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS Territorial Board ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; SCOTLAND;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84873337978     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-50     Document Type: Article

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