Supporting a culture of patient safety: Resident-led patient safety event reviews in a pathology residency training program.

ABSTRACT: Patient safety is a critical component of quality patient care at any healthcare institution. In order to support a culture of patient safety, and in the context of a hospital-wide patient safety initiative at our institution, we have created and implemented a new patient safety curriculum within our training program. The curriculum is embedded in an introductory course for first-year residents, in which residents gain an understanding of the multifaceted role of the pathologist in patient care. The patient safety curriculum is a resident-centered event review process and includes 1) identification and reporting of a patient safety event, 2) event investigation and review, and 3) presentation of findings to the residency program including core faculty and safety champions for the considera

SUBMITTER: Tucker CM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9982285 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan-Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature