TY - JOUR
T1 - Planning and implementing a systems-based patient safety curriculum in medical education
AU - Thompson, David A.
AU - Cowan, James
AU - Holzmueller, Christine
AU - Wu, Albert W.
AU - Bass, Eric
AU - Pronovost, Peter
PY - 2008/7
Y1 - 2008/7
N2 - Using a successful 6-step approach to medical curriculum development, a multidisciplinary systems-based safety curriculum for first-year medical students was developed and implemented. A targeted needs assessment was completed based on students' perceptions of patient safety. Goals and objectives identified were the following: (1) provide a practical framework to identify defects, (2) identify patient hazards, (3) investigate an adverse event, (4) understand incident reporting, (5) understand the impact of teamwork and communication in safety, (6) acquire skills to improve teamwork and communication, and (7) learn to disclose medical mistakes. Students were able to identify many of the teamwork and communication problems entrenched in our current health care culture. Interactive learning was important to the learning process and, on evaluation, deemed a valuable experience. The findings indicate that this is an effective curriculum development strategy and that systems-based patient safety was effective in changing perceptions of patient harm and the provider's role in patient safety.
AB - Using a successful 6-step approach to medical curriculum development, a multidisciplinary systems-based safety curriculum for first-year medical students was developed and implemented. A targeted needs assessment was completed based on students' perceptions of patient safety. Goals and objectives identified were the following: (1) provide a practical framework to identify defects, (2) identify patient hazards, (3) investigate an adverse event, (4) understand incident reporting, (5) understand the impact of teamwork and communication in safety, (6) acquire skills to improve teamwork and communication, and (7) learn to disclose medical mistakes. Students were able to identify many of the teamwork and communication problems entrenched in our current health care culture. Interactive learning was important to the learning process and, on evaluation, deemed a valuable experience. The findings indicate that this is an effective curriculum development strategy and that systems-based patient safety was effective in changing perceptions of patient harm and the provider's role in patient safety.
KW - Curriculum
KW - Medical students
KW - Patient safety
KW - Systems-based
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U2 - 10.1177/1062860608317763
DO - 10.1177/1062860608317763
M3 - Article
C2 - 18658100
AN - SCOPUS:46949106627
SN - 1062-8606
VL - 23
SP - 271
EP - 278
JO - American Journal of Medical Quality
JF - American Journal of Medical Quality
IS - 4
ER -