Changing The Culture In Medical Education To Teach Patient Safety

In 1999 a seminal Institute of Medicine report estimated that preventable medical errors accounted for 44,000-98,000 patient deaths annually in U.S. hospitals. In response to this problem, the nation's medical schools, teaching hospitals, and health systems recognized that achieving greater pat...

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Published in:Health Affairs 2010-09, Vol.29 (9), p.1600-1604
Main Authors: Kirch, Darrell G., Boysen, Philip G.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Core curriculum
Cultural change
Culture
Curricula
Education
Educational technology
Hospitals
Information technology
Leadership
Learning
Medical education
Medical errors
Medical schools
Medicine
Patient safety
Physicians
Professions
Safety
Safety training
Schools
Students
Studies
Success factors
Teaching hospitals
Teamwork
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Summary:In 1999 a seminal Institute of Medicine report estimated that preventable medical errors accounted for 44,000-98,000 patient deaths annually in U.S. hospitals. In response to this problem, the nation's medical schools, teaching hospitals, and health systems recognized that achieving greater patient safety requires more than a brief course in an already crowded medical school curriculum. It requires a fundamental culture change across all phases of medical education. This includes graduate medical education, which is already teaching the next generation of physicians to approach patient safety in a new way. In this paper the authors explore five factors critical to transforming the culture for patient safety and reflect on one real-world example at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. [PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0278-2715
1544-5208
DOI:10.1377/hlthaff.2010.0776