Knowledge, skills, and attitudes of medical students to patient safety: a cross‐sectional pilot investigation in China

Li, Lin; Duan, Yurong; Chen, Peixian; Li, Jing; Mao, Xuanyue; Barraclough, Bruce; Zhang, Mingming

doi:10.1111/j.1756-5391.2012.01187.x

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“…Previous studies on antimicrobial education in the United States reported that there is an obvious gap among the medical students from different US medical schools in terms of choosing study references, preparedness for prescribing antimicrobials, and perceptions of knowledge regarding antimicrobials (Abbo et al 2013 ; Ibia et al 2005 ; Minen et al 2010 ). However, very few studies investigated that of Chinese medical students (Huang et al 2013 ; Li et al 2012 ; Lv et al 2014 ). The attitudes and perceptions of the Chinese senior medical students concerning these issues also warrant investigation.…”

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Attitudes and perceptions regarding antimicrobial use and resistance among medical students in Central China

Yang

Tan

et al. 2016

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ObjectivesSenior medical students, who are future doctors, should be prepared to use antimicrobials appropriately and will be important partners in antimicrobial stewardship. This survey was designed to investigate the attitudes and perceptions of senior medical students regarding antimicrobial use and resistance.MethodologyWe performed a multi-center survey involving a questionnaire handed out to all fourth year medical students from five representative teaching hospitals in Central China. The survey was completed within 1 month (October to November, 2015). Antimicrobial stewardship programs were taught in all of the teaching hospitals, yet only part of the respondents took part in it.ResultsA total of 611 out of 728 students completed our survey. The majority of the respondents (92 %) believed that inappropriate use of antimicrobials causes antimicrobial resistance and agreed with the importance of a strong knowledge of antimicrobials in their medical careers. Most students (67 %) rated their education concerning antimicrobial use and resistance as useful or very useful, but only 25 % recalled having courses on this subject. The overall mean number of correct answers on a section of 11 knowledge questions was 3.78 (standard deviation 1.57, P value for score between hospitals <0.001).ConclusionsWe should make an effort to optimize curriculum system in Chinese institutions, and this may contribute to making our future doctors better prepared for antimicrobial stewardship and prudent antimicrobial prescribing.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (doi:10.1186/s40064-016-3454-0) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Attitudes and perceptions regarding antimicrobial use and resistance among medical students in Central China

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“…Multiple studies indicate that most medical students receive little information about medical errors or reporting techniques (31,32), and staff physicians and nurses also do not receive adequate information (8). Throckmorton et al showed nurses could not identify errors in 40% of cases (33), although no practical scenario was provided for the accurate assessment of medical error recognition and understanding in this study, and there was evidence that 73.5% of nurses and almost half of physicians and medical students had an inadequate background on the topic.…”

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Prevalence of non-reporting of hospital medical errors in the Islamic Republic of Iran

Askarian

Sherafat

Ghodsi

et al. 2020

East Mediterr Health J

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Background: Medical errors frequently occur in healthcare facilities, jeopardizing patient safety and increasing associated costs. Aims: This cross-sectional investigation examined the rates of and reasons for non-reporting of medical errors at Nemazee Hospital, Shiraz, Islamic Republic of Iran. 1 / 12 WHO EMRO | Prevalence of non-reporting of hospital medical errors in the Islamic Republic of Iran Methods: Self-administered questionnaires were completed by 283 staff members, including physicians, nurses and medical students. One-way analysis of variance (ANOVA), Fisher's Least Significant Difference (LSD) post hoc, Spearman Correlation Coefficient and Intra Class Correlation (ICC) tests were used for statistical analyses. Results: Almost all (95.8%) of participants had observed at least one medical error during the previous year. Over half (50.5%) had observed three to ten medical errors in the last year. The preferred method for reporting medical errors among physicians and medical students was verbal and informal (40.3% and 41.8%, respectively), while nurses preferred written forms (45.7%). The results indicated significant differences between groups concerning individual and organizational barriers in general and among all sub-categories (P < 0.001). Conclusion: Concerns of legal entanglements and confidentiality issues were recognized as main barriers to reporting medical errors.

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“…The difference between the knowledge of preclinical and clinical year students suggests that the clinical experience may have an impact on students’ knowledge regarding ADR reporting and pharmacovigilance, which may lead to better reporting of ADR in the future . The limited knowledge of the preclinical year students in identifying ADR and reporting may be due to minimal exposure to the clinical environment …”

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“…The first aspect is the perception of preclinical students that they are insufficiently prepared to report any ADR in their future practice. This may be because of lack of training on ADR reporting, or lack of hands‐on activities in their coursework . On the other hand, clinical students with their present knowledge perceive that they are well inclined to report any ADR in their future practice; this may be due to their exposure to the clinical environment.…”

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A quantitative insight on preclinical and clinical year medical students towards adverse drug reporting and pharmacovigilance in Malaysia

Rajiah

Maharajan

Janardanan

2017

J Pharm Health Serv Res

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Objective To investigate the knowledge of medical students and their perception on adverse drug reaction (ADR) reporting and pharmacovigilance. Methods Cross-sectional study was carried out on clinical or preclinical year medical students using paper-based questionnaires during their coursework. Key findings There were differences between the two groups in responses relating to ADR reporting (preclinical 3.3 versus clinical 3.7; P < 0.01) and reasons for not reporting a suspected ADR (preclinical 3.4 versus clinical 3.8; P = 0.001). Conclusions Medical students from clinical years had higher knowledge of ADR reporting. The perception on ADR reporting by clinical year students was significantly higher.

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Knowledge, skills, and attitudes of medical students to patient safety: a cross‐sectional pilot investigation in China

Abstract: Although medical students' understanding of patient safety is very poor in China, the students have a positive attitudes to learning about the knowledge of patient safety in their future careers.

Cited by 11 publications

References 14 publications

Attitudes and perceptions regarding antimicrobial use and resistance among medical students in Central China

Attitudes and perceptions regarding antimicrobial use and resistance among medical students in Central China

Prevalence of non-reporting of hospital medical errors in the Islamic Republic of Iran

A quantitative insight on preclinical and clinical year medical students towards adverse drug reporting and pharmacovigilance in Malaysia

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