An Assessment of Basic Patient Safety Skills in Residents Entering the First Year of Clinical Training

Conclusions Developing and hardwiring basic patient safety skills is essential for creating an institutional culture of safety. We used a simulated patient scenario to provide a baseline assessment of 2 important safety skills. The results obtained demonstrate poor compliance with hand hygiene and patient identification. Our results suggest that there is a need for additional training and perhaps new methods of training and reinforcement in medical school and beyond, to hardwire these basic patient safety skills.
Source: Journal of Patient Safety - Category: Health Management Tags: Original Articles Source Type: research