Undergraduate medical students' behavioural intentions towards medical errors and how to handle them: a qualitative vignette study.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:In undergraduate medical education, the topics of errors in medicine and patient safety are under-represented. The aim of this study was to explore undergraduate medical students' behavioural intentions when confronted with an error. DESIGN:A qualitative case vignette survey was conducted including one of six randomly distributed case scenarios in which a hypothetical but realistic medical error occurred. The six scenarios differed regarding (1) who caused the error, (2) the presence of witnesses and (3) the consequences of the error for the patient. Participants were asked: 'What would you do?". Answers were collected as written free texts and analysed according to qualitative content analysis. SETTING:Students from German medical schools participated anonymously through an onl

SUBMITTER: Kiesewetter I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5857650 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature