Medication safety curriculum: enhancing skills and changing behaviors

"Students that participate in medication reconciliation/ optimization curricular activities are better prepared to critically assess medications for safety and efficacy in medical practice."

Medication safety curriculum: enhancing skills and changing behaviors
KD Karpa, LL Hom, P Huffman, EB Lehman, VM Chinchilli, P Haidet, SL Leong
BMC Medical Education (2015) 15:234

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Training in General Surgery Ward Call: A Resident-Student Buddy System

"There is a paucity of literature regarding medical student experiences of after hours hospital ward call. It was observed at our institution that medical students had minimal experience in ward call, yet were required to undertake such shifts as interns after graduation. We implemented a buddy system in which a medical student shadowed a general surgery resident for a ward call shift."

Training in General Surgery Ward Call: A Resident-Student Buddy System
A Maurice, A Hann
BMJ Quality Improvement Reports 2015;4: doi:10.1136/bmjquality.u202587.w3786

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Self-reported patient safety competence among Canadian medical students and postgraduate trainees

" Generally, medical students were most comfortable with aspects of clinical safety, such as hand hygiene, infection control and safe medication practices. They were less confident in what they learned about sociocultural or contextually dependent aspects of patient safety, such as teamwork, managing safety risk and culture of safety."

Self-reported patient safety competence among Canadian medical students and postgraduate trainees: a cross-sectional survey
P Doyle, EG Van Den Kerkhof, DS Edge, L Ginsburg, DH Goldstein
BMJ Quality and Safety 2015;24:135-141 doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2014-003142

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Female residents experiencing medical errors in general internal medicine

"After having experienced a medical error, the female residents in our study report a high level of emotional distress. This takes place within a professional culture that has a long way to go before errors can be addressed openly and constructively."

Female residents experiencing medical errors in general internal medicine: a qualitative study
CO Mankaka, G Waeber, D Gachoud
BMC Medical Education 2014, 14:140

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Patient safety and quality improvement education

"Teaching of patient safety and quality improvement to medical students will be best received if it is integrated into clinical education rather than solely taught in pre-clinical lectures or through independent computer modules."

Patient safety and quality improvement education: a cross-sectional study of medical students' preferences and attitudes
CL Teigland, RC Blasiak, LA Wilson, RE Hines, KL Meyerhoff, AJ Viera
BMC Medical Education, 2013, 13:16

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Patient safety and quality improvement education

"Teaching of patient safety and quality improvement to medical students will be best received if it is integrated into clinical education rather than solely taught in pre-clinical lectures or through independent computer modules."

Patient safety and quality improvement education: a cross-sectional study of medical students' preferences and attitudes
CL Teigland, RC Blasiak, LA Wilson, RE Hines, KL Meyerhoff, AJ Viera
BMC Medical Education, 2013, 13:16

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The Network - connect people, share knowledge, improve care

The Network is an online community and network for medical students, junior doctors and newly qualified consultants and GPs with an interest in clinical leadership and medical management.

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