German undergraduate medical students’ attitudes and needs regarding medical errors and patient safety – A national survey in Germany

Kiesewetter, Jan; Kager, Moritz; Lux, Richard; Zwißler, Bernhard; Fischer, Martin R.; Dietz, Isabel

doi:10.3109/0142159x.2014.891008

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“…In a study in Germany, 79.8% of the respondent had no training on patient safety and 83.2% of the respondent had no training on medical error. 5 In a study in Aseer region in Saudi Arabia, 70% had not attended any training course on patient safety. 8 Such important findings indicate that there is urgent need for such interventions as conducting continuous professional development programs on "medical errors and patient safety" for intern doctors.…”

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“…In a study in Germany, majority of respondents (64%) wished for more education on the issues. 5 A study by Almaramhy et al mentioned that more than two-thirds of medical students agreed that the teaching of patient safety in medical schools and the continuous training of health staff was necessary. 14 These findings should alert us on the issue of the curriculum of medical colleges in Bangladesh and the importance of making "patient safety and medical errors" a priority in the curriculum particularly in final years.…”

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“…On the other hand, the physician himself might also be affected and as a second victim, can also be traumatized and suffering from the error. 5 However, there has been little focus on the education and training of doctors in regard to this topic.…”

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Medical Errors and Patient Safety Education: Views of Intern Doctors

Sultana¹,

Hossain²,

Ara

et al. 2018

Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull

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Medical errors and patient safety have become increasingly important in the area of medical research in the recent years. World health Organization and other international committees have long been recommending the early integration of education about errors and patient safety in undergraduate and graduate medical education. To integrate patient safety education into existing curriculum views of the doctors towards patient safety education is an important issue. This descriptive type of cross sectional study was carried out to explore the views of intern doctors regarding medical error and patient safety education in undergraduate medical education of Bangladesh. The study was carried out in seven (three public and four private) medical colleges of Bangladesh over a period from July 2014 to June 2015. Study population was 400 intern doctors. Data were collected by self-administered structured questionnaire. The existing curriculum was also reviewed to find out patient safety issues. The study revealed that the topic medical error and patient safety were mostly neglected in the curriculum. But the intern doctors had positive attitude towards patient safety education. A total of 84.8% of the intern doctors with a high average score of 4.24 agreed that teaching students about patient safety should be a priority in medical students training while 87.8% agreed that learning about patient safety before graduation from medical colleges would produce more effective doctors. Among the respondents 76.6% expected more training on patient safety. Almost half of the participants (52.3%) reported that they had been assigned to tasks for which they were not trained or where medical errors could have happened easily (57.5 %). From this study it can be concluded that, there was a distinct need for more education and training in the field of medical error and patient safety among the intern doctors.

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Medical Errors and Patient Safety Education: Views of Intern Doctors

Sultana¹,

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Ara

et al. 2018

Bangladesh Med Res Counc Bull

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“…Also the physician himself/ herself might also be affected and, as a second victim, can also be traumatized and suffering from the error. 10 To ensure patient safety by the serving doctors it is very important to assess the knowledge and practices of doctors working at primary and secondary level health care facilities. Internationally, several attempts have been made to assess doctors and medical student's knowledge, practices and attitudes towards patient safety in order to validate an instrument or to validate a single training.…”

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Knowledge and Practices of Doctors About Patient Safety Working at Primary and Secondary Level Health Care Facilities in Bangladesh

Talukdera

Nazneen

Abdulla

2019

J. Bangladesh Coll. Phys.

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Aim: This descriptive type of cross sectional study was conducted with an objective to evaluate the views of doctors regarding knowledge and practices about patient safety working at primary and secondary level health care facilities in Bangladesh. Methods: Study period was from August 2016 to December 2016. Multistage, convenience sampling was done . Sample size was 550. Self administered semi structured questionnaire was used for data collection after pre testing. Data was collected by principle investigator , co-investigator & data collectors. Data was also collected by sending questionnaire by postage followed by a focal group discussion. Results: Result showed 70 % were male and 57% were primary level medical officers. 44.9% understands patients safety. 51.1% understands medical errors . 37.5% agreed that less duty hours will reduce medical errors . 62% strongly agreed that Learning about patient safety will enhance competency. 44.5% agreed that undergraduate course prepared them to ensure patient safety. 37.5 % agreed that they learned about medical errors during their undergraduate course. 40.6% stated that they were assigned to perform the tasks for which they were not trained competently, 34% said that they were assigned to perform the tasks which could have resulted easily in medical errors . Most of the respondents strongly agreed that teaching about patient safety should be an important priority. 46% stated that these should be in clinical teaching and 40% stated the same to be in bed side teaching . 24% stated that there were not enough topics in the existing curriculum regarding patient safety. 46% confessed that they made medical errors during their practices. 33% stated that they want patient safety education in their professional practice, 76.9% strongly agreed that patient safety is an important issue in their professional practices and 44% sensitizes their colleagues about patient safety to learn & practices. 54.7% stated that they did not have error reporting system/ death review/ medical audit in their hospital, 89.7% did not have attended any training on patient safety . 90% thought that training on patient safety is essential for doctors 67.2% respondents opined that there should be a competent organization / body who can take care of patient safety & medical errors in Bangladesh. Conclusion: The study reflects that many primary level medical officers do not understand patients safety and medical errors. The study also showed that most of them has a positive attitude torwards patient safety. Study recommended that doctors serving at primary and secondary level healthcare facilities to be oriented/ trained on different aspects of patient safety J Bangladesh Coll Phys Surg 2020; 38(1): 5-11

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“…Students' needs should be assessed concerning the topics to be included in patient safety curricula. The goal-directed patient safety curriculum leads to an opened culture and improving the satisfaction of both patients and students [12].…”

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Learning of Patient Safety in Health Professions Education

ElAraby¹,

Ra’oof²,

Alkhadragy³

2018

Vignettes in Patient Safety - Volume 3

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The awareness of patient safety became one of the emerging topics over the last two decades. However, in medical curricula, the knowledge of its principles is still facing challenges concerning its proper timing and the suitable methods of instruction. Many studies have shown several trials dealing with the introduction, implementation, and evaluation of patient safety courses in health professions institutions. Moreover, the training of healthcare professionals focuses on the clinical and curative competencies rather than preventive skills. Therefore, the knowledge about patient safety is a necessity for all graduates in health professions careers. Thus the World Health Organization (WHO) have developed a curriculum guide for patient safety to help health professions institutions integrating patient safety principles in their curricula. This chapter will focus on the educational aspects of patient safety topics in health professions education.

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German undergraduate medical students’ attitudes and needs regarding medical errors and patient safety – A national survey in Germany

Cited by 53 publications

References 16 publications

Medical Errors and Patient Safety Education: Views of Intern Doctors

Medical Errors and Patient Safety Education: Views of Intern Doctors

Knowledge and Practices of Doctors About Patient Safety Working at Primary and Secondary Level Health Care Facilities in Bangladesh

Learning of Patient Safety in Health Professions Education

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