Patient Safety: Perception among Medical Students of Tanta Faculty of Medicine, Egypt | ||||
| The Egyptian Journal of Community Medicine | ||||
| Article 4, Volume 36, Issue 4, October 2018, Page 33-46 PDF (653.07 K) | ||||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejcm.2018.22995 | ||||
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| Abstract | ||||
| Background: Patient safety became a global health issue to insure high quality health care services and with minimal medical errors. WHO developed Patient Safety Curriculum Guide for Medical Schools to be used as a requisite in medical curricula standard. Objectives: to assess medical students' perception as regard patient safety issues and to find out their opinions towards its inclusion in the medical curricula. Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional study was executed at Tanta faculty of medicine for 3 months using self-administered questionnaire for 5th, 6th years` students and house officers. Students’ self-ratings of knowledge and attitude towards patient safety were measured, and their opinion about its inclusion into curriculum was described. Results: 418 participants were included in the study, 85.2% of them had no previous training on patient safety & 57.2% of them had an average total self-rated knowledge level. 53.1% had a positive attitude toward patient safety, a majority agreed that patient safety is a global problem & 86.4% of them admit that teaching patient safety issues in medical curriculum is a priority. Conclusion: The study revealed deficient perception of medical students regarding patient safety issues, and demonstrated the urgent need of its inclusion into medical curricula. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Patient Safety; perception; Attitude; Medical students; Tanta | ||||
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