Open AccessDefining Patient Safety: a Student Perspective
Author(s) -
Andrew Batchelder,
Liz Anderson
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
medical science educator
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 2156-8650
DOI - 10.1007/s40670-018-00690-1
Subject(s) - patient safety , curriculum , focus group , thematic analysis , medical education , competence (human resources) , qualitative research , health care , psychology , ambiguity , medicine , pedagogy , nursing , sociology , computer science , political science , social psychology , social science , anthropology , law , programming language
Patient safety is recognised as an important aspect of the undergraduate medical curriculum. However, packed medical curricula have been slow to evolve despite repeated mandates and large-scale tragedies resulting from unlearnt lessons. The aim of this work was to explore students' perspectives on patient safety to inform curriculum re-design.