Female dental students' perceptions of patient safety culture: a cross sectional study at a middle eastern setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patient safety is an integral part of all health care specialties, including dentistry. Dental students are exposed to patient safety culture during their clinical training. The aim of this study was to evaluate the perception of female students enrolled in dental degrees and dental hygiene programs towards patient safety culture and to determine its associated factors at a Middle Eastern setting.

Methods

This is a cross sectional study, based on a self-administered, English language questionnaire distributed by convenience among female dental students enrolled in two major Colleges of dentistry in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Participants had fulfilled at least one year of clinical training. Sample characteristics included the specialty and years of clinical training. S

SUBMITTER: Al-Surimi K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6288871 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature