Concept and contents of a voluntary course for medical students' achievement of a basic qualification in patient safety during the practical year of medical studies.

ABSTRACT: Objective: Regarding the urgent need of qualification in the field of patient safety, the respective education and training were completed by a voluntary course for 10-15 students in their practical year (PY) provided in cooperation of the private University Hospital of Marburg and the Medical Faculty of the Philipps-University of Marburg. At the same time, this course was intended to develop important knowledge for implementing improvements of the current PY teaching as well as revising the curriculum of Marburg in the medium term. Project description: The PY course on patient safety is offered every six months since 2016 and comprises about 80 lessons. It is based on the principles of shifting simple knowledge transfer to autonomous preparation by the students themselves, o

SUBMITTER: Opitz E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6446466 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature