Assessment of knowledge and attitudes towards safety events reporting among residents in a community health system.

ABSTRACT: Background: Resident physicians are known to be infrequent reporters of patient safety events (PSE). Previous studies assessing barriers to resident PSE reporting have not considered possible cultural barriers faced by international medical graduates (IMG). This study aimed to assess the knowledge and attitudes of residents regarding PSE and possible barriers contributing to poor resident reporting. Methods: A cross sectional survey of all house staff undergoing post-graduate residency training at two independent community hospital based academic medical centers was conducted through an online questionnaire. Sample case vignettes were created to assess the residents' ability to identify safety events and classify them as near miss, adverse events or sentinel events and decide

SUBMITTER: Singal M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6197008 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature