A curriculum for patient safety

Fulton, Jane

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2929.2004.01938.x

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“…The literature on patient safety education in medical schools is underdeveloped and shows that patient safety teaching is varied and ranges from single-session interventions9 21 to educational programmes fully integrated across all years of school-based training 22. Some medical schools have adapted a modular approach to patient safety education, delivering content in either a single session or several sessions within a narrow time frame 9 21 23 24 25. Others have introduced 1- or 2-day intensive courses 26 27.…”

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The WHO patient safety curriculum guide for medical schools

Walton

Woodward

Staalduinen

et al. 2010

BMJ Quality & Safety

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To address this gap and provide a foothold for medical schools all around the world, the WHO's World Alliance for Patient Safety sponsored the development of a patient safety curriculum guide for medical students. The WHO Patient Safety Curriculum Guide for Medical Schools adopts a 'one-stop-shop' approach in that it includes a teacher's manual providing a step-by-step guide for teachers new to patient safety learning as well as a comprehensive curriculum on the main patient safety areas. This paper establishes the need for patient safety education of medical students, describes the development of the WHO Patient Safety Curriculum Guide for Medical Schools and outlines the content of the Guide.

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The WHO patient safety curriculum guide for medical schools

Walton

Woodward

Staalduinen

et al. 2010

BMJ Quality & Safety

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138

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“…Reported studies, however, have identified deficiencies in patient safety training, and an explicit curriculum on patient safety is only available at a limited number of medical schools (Fulton 2004;Madigosky et al 2006;Patey et al 2007;Newell et al 2008;Alper et al 2009;Flin et al 2009). The implementation of patient safety teaching can be challenging.…”

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Introducing patient safety to undergraduate medical students – A pilot program delivered by health care administrators

Leung

Patil

2010

Medical Teacher

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Background: Identifying informed and interested staff to teach patient safety can be difficult. We report our experiences with a lecture-based program on patient safety delivered by health care administrators. Method: A self-administered questionnaire survey on patient safety culture was given to 130 third-year medical students before ('pre-test') and at 3 months after ('post-test') the program. The latter consisted of two 60-minute whole-class lectures using contemporary medical incidents in this locality as illustrative cases. Results: Thirteen of the 23 questionnaire items (56.5%) showed statistically significant changes at the post-test. Students became more appreciative of the notions that errors were inevitable, and that disciplinary actions and 'being more careful' may not be the most effective strategies for the prevention of error. Issues concerning error reporting were more resistant to our educational intervention. Students regarded patient safety as an important topic that should be included in undergraduate teaching and professional examinations. Conclusion: The implementation of a patient safety curriculum should be tailored to an institution's needs, limitations, and culture. Health care administrators were found to be effective faculties. A brief lecture-based program could be integrated readily into an existing curriculum, and was found to produce at least short-term, positive changes.

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“…The literature on patient safety education in medical schools is underdeveloped and shows that patient safety teaching is varied and ranges from single-session interventions9 21 to educational programmes fully integrated across all years of school-based training 22. Some medical schools have adapted a modular approach to patient safety education, delivering content in either a single session or several sessions within a narrow time frame 9 21 23–25. Others have introduced 1- or 2-day intensive courses 26 27.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%