Speaking up behavior and cognitive bias in hand hygiene: Competences of German-speaking medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Infection prevention and speaking up on errors are core qualities of health care providers. Heuristic effects (e.g. overconfidence) may impair behavior in daily routine, while speaking up can be inhibited by hierarchical barriers and medical team factors. Aim of this investigation was to determine, how medical students experience these difficulties for hand hygiene in daily routine.

Methods

On the base of prior investigations we developed a questionnaire with 5-point Likert ordinal scaled items and free text entries. This was tested for validity and reliability (Cronbach's Alpha 0.89). Accredited German, Swiss and Austrian universities were contacted and medical students asked to participated in the anonymous online survey. Quantitative statistics used parametri

SUBMITTER: Bushuven S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7521694 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature