Patient safety during final-year clerkships: A qualitative study of possible error sources and of the potential of Entrustable Professional Activities.

ABSTRACT: Aim: In final-year clerkships, such as the Practical Year in Germany, students' workplace learning has to be balanced with the ensuring of patient safety. In this qualitative study, we investigated problems concerning patient safety as perceived from the perspective of supervising physicians, and whether and to what extent Entrustable Professional Activities (EPAs) can lead to an improvement in patient safety. Method: Data was collected through focus groups. Participants were specialist physicians with experience of final-year clerkship training (n=11). The analysis of problems influencing patient safety was carried out deductively with an existing system of categories (error factors in the clinic). To identify potential improvements through EPAs, an inductively developed cat

SUBMITTER: Czeskleba A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6446462 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature