Assessing medical students' perceptions of patient safety: The medical student safety attitudes and professionalism survey

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 343-351

  Liao, Joshua M ^a   Etchegaray, Jason M ^b   Williams, S Tyler ^c   Berger, David H ^d   Bell, Sigall K ^e   Thomas, Eric J ^b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^d BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; EQUIPMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; DISCLOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84894047108     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000124     Document Type: Article

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