Forty-three percent of students in health professions rank making a harmful or fatal error in patient care as their top concern when they start working, according to a survey (pdf) by the Institute for Healthcare Improvement.
The survey includes responses from 336 registrants in IHI's Open School — which offers students, residents and faculty free online courses on quality improvement, patient safety and other aspects of healthcare professions. Respondents include students in medical, nursing, pharmacy and other healthcare professional schools.
Here are some key data points:
• Nearly 90 percent of students believe it is extremely important for health professions schools to provide training or skills in patient safety.
• More than 60 percent of respondents said they had witnessed or made an error in patient care.
• Only half the students said they were extremely likely to speak up about an error made by a colleague or a superior.
• The main reasons for not speaking up about another's medical error were the fear of being ostracized (31 percent), fear of being treated poorly (27 percent) and not being entirely sure what qualifies as an error (24 percent).
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The survey includes responses from 336 registrants in IHI's Open School — which offers students, residents and faculty free online courses on quality improvement, patient safety and other aspects of healthcare professions. Respondents include students in medical, nursing, pharmacy and other healthcare professional schools.
Here are some key data points:
• Nearly 90 percent of students believe it is extremely important for health professions schools to provide training or skills in patient safety.
• More than 60 percent of respondents said they had witnessed or made an error in patient care.
• Only half the students said they were extremely likely to speak up about an error made by a colleague or a superior.
• The main reasons for not speaking up about another's medical error were the fear of being ostracized (31 percent), fear of being treated poorly (27 percent) and not being entirely sure what qualifies as an error (24 percent).
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