scholarly journals Assessment of Knowledge About Patient Safety Concepts Among Medical and Pharmacy Students

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Areeg Abumostafa ◽  
Fadwa Abu Mostafa ◽  
Khaled Al-Kattan ◽  
Rana Alkateb ◽  
Aljohara Alayesh ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Human Error ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Research Centre ◽  
Safety Education ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Human Errors ◽  
School Year ◽  
Causes Of Errors

ABSTRACT Introduction Patient safety is a central principle of healthcare professional practice that requires a significant consideration within the teaching curricula; however, there is a lack of special courses that focus on patient safety concepts in an integrated way in many countries. This study aims to assess the knowledge of medical and pharmacy students regarding patient safety concepts. Methods A cross-sectional study was conducted at Alfaisal University during the 2018-2019 school year. A survey consisting of 15 questions was designed with the help of the quality and patient safety department at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre, Riyadh (KFSHRC). The survey was validated and then electronically distributed to all students enrolled in the College of Medicine and College of Pharmacy. Results A total of 304 (22%) of 1368 students completed the survey. The survey revealed that 51% of students had an acceptable understanding of the types of human error; however, 53% of students had little knowledge about the factors that lead to these errors and 61% did not know how to report an error. Many students (41%) reported being directly involved in an unsafe situation that may cause patient harm, such as a healthcare-related error, adverse event, or inconsistent care. Most students (90%) agreed that hiding errors to avoid further implications is unethical and reporting errors is the responsibility of every healthcare provider. Conclusion Most Alfaisal University students understand the significance of patient safety education and understand the types of human errors, yet the causes of errors and the protocols for reporting them were not well understood by most students.

scholarly journals Attitudes of pharmacy students towards patient safety: a cross-sectional study from six developing countries

BMJ Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. e039459
Author(s):  
Abdallah Y Naser ◽  
Zahra Khalil Alsairafi ◽  
Ahmed Awaisu ◽  
Hassan Alwafi ◽  
Oriana Awwad ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Quality Improvement ◽  
Core Competencies ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional

ObjectiveTo evaluate the attitudes of undergraduate pharmacy students towards patient safety in six developing countries.DesignA cross-sectional study.SettingParticipants were enrolled from the participating universities in six countries.ParticipantsUndergraduate pharmacy students from the participating universities in six developing countries (Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, India and Indonesia) were invited to participate in the study between October 2018 and September 2019.Primary outcomeAttitudes towards patient safety was measured using 14-item questionnaire that contained five subscales: being quality-improvement focused, internalising errors regardless of harm, value of contextual learning, acceptability of questioning more senior healthcare professionals’ behaviour and attitude towards open disclosure. Multiple-linear regression analysis was used to identify predictors of positive attitudes towards patient safety.ResultsA total of 2595 students participated in this study (1044 from Jordan, 514 from Saudi Arabia, 134 from Kuwait, 61 from Qatar, 416 from India and 429 from Indonesia). Overall, the pharmacy students reported a positive attitude towards patient safety with a mean score of 37.4 (SD=7.0) out of 56 (66.8%). The ‘being quality-improvement focused’ subscale had the highest score, 75.6%. The subscale with the lowest score was ‘internalising errors regardless of harm’, 49.2%. Female students had significantly better attitudes towards patient safety scores compared with male students (p=0.001). Being at a higher level of study and involvement in or witnessing harm to patients while practising were important predictors of negative attitudes towards patient safety (p<0.001).ConclusionPatient safety content should be covered comprehensively in pharmacy curricula and reinforced in each year of study. This should be more focused on students in their final year of study and who have started their training. This will ensure that the next generation of pharmacists are equipped with the requisite knowledge, core competencies and attitudes to ensure optimal patient safety when they practice.

scholarly journals Pharmacy students’ attitudes toward patient safety in Saudi Arabia: a cross-sectional study

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Monira Alwhaibi ◽  
Yazed AlRuthia ◽  
Haya Almalag ◽  
Hadeel Alkofide ◽  
Bander Balkhi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Patient Safety ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Students Attitudes

scholarly journals Segurança do paciente: conhecimento e atitudes de enfermeiros em formação

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (24) ◽  
pp. 3
Author(s):  
Gelciane Figueiredo Rodrigues ◽  
Teresa Cristina Salgado Castro ◽  
Aline Mirema Ferreira Vitorio
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Nursing Students ◽  
Rio De Janeiro ◽  
Human Error ◽  
Total Sample ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Study Data ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Undergraduate Nursing ◽  
Quantitative Descriptive

Identificar o conhecimento e a percepção de estudantes de graduação em enfermagem relacionados ao erro humano no âmbito da segurança do paciente. Trata-se de um estudo quantitativo, descritivo, transversal. Os dados foram coletados em uma Universidade privada no Rio de Janeiro no ano de 2015, por meio de um questionário autoaplicável, com estudantes de enfermagem. A amostra total resultou em 65 participantes. Os resultados apontaram que os estudantes têm conhecimento sobre a temática Segurança do Paciente, porém, quando se trata das atitudes apresentam respostas que não condizem com a literatura no que se refere à comunicação do erro ao paciente e família. Não basta a aquisição de conhecimentos, mas atitudes principalmente que venham contribuir com o cuidado seguro, livre de danos decorrentes de erros. Assim como, para tal premissa deve ser criado um ambiente acadêmico seguro de estímulo aos relatos de erro e dúvidas.Descritores: Educação, Segurança do Paciente, Estudantes de Enfermagem. Patient safety: knowledge and attitudes of nurses in trainingAbstract: To identify the knowledge and perception of undergraduate nursing students related to human error in the context of patient safety. This is a quantitative, descriptive, cross-sectional study. Data were collected at a private university in Rio de Janeiro in 2015, through a self-administered questionnaire with nursing students. The total sample consisted of 65 participants. The results showed that students have knowledge about the topic of Patient Safety, but when it comes to attitudes they present answers that do not correspond to the literature regarding the communication of the error to the patient and family. It is not enough to acquire knowledge, but attitudes that mainly contribute to the safe care, free of damages resulting from errors. As for such a premise, a safe academic environment must be created to encourage the reporting of errors and doubts.Descriptors: Education, Patient Safety, Nursing Students. Seguridad del paciente: conocimiento y actitud de enfermeros en formaciónResumen: Identificar el conocimiento y la percepción de estudiantes de graduación en enfermería relacionados con el error humano en el ámbito de la seguridad del paciente. Se trata de un estudio cuantitativo, descriptivo, transversal. Los datos fueron recolectados en una Universidad privada en Río de Janeiro en el año 2015, por medio de un cuestionario auto-aplicable, con estudiantes de enfermería. La muestra total resultó en 65 participantes. Los resultados apuntaron que los estudiantes tienen conocimiento sobre la temática Seguridad del Paciente, pero cuando se trata de las actitudes presentan respuestas que no concuerdan con la literatura en lo que se refiere a la comunicación del error al paciente y familia. No basta la adquisición de conocimientos, pero actitudes principalmente que vengan a contribuir con el cuidado seguro, libre de daños derivados de errores. Así como, para tal premisa debe ser creado un ambiente académico seguro de estímulo a los relatos de error y dudas.Descriptores: Educación, Seguridad del paciente, Estudiantes de Enfermeira.

scholarly journals Identification and evaluation of human errors of Epoxy control room operators of a pipe Mill company using HEC technique

2022 ◽  
Author(s):  
GH Shirali ◽  
B Jafari ◽  
F Raoufian
Keyword(s):  
Human Error ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Control Room ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Human Errors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Job Tasks ◽  
Pipe Mill ◽  
Job Task

Introduction: In many workplaces today, the incidence of human error can lead to catastrophic accidents in which human error is the main cause of accidents. Due to the vital role of the control room in guiding and controlling various sites of the pipe industry, especially the outer coating sector, the incidence of any error can lead to human accidents, damage to machinery, interruption in production. This study aimed to identify and evaluate human error by Human Error Calculator (HEC) method in the epoxy control room of a pipe mill company.  Materials and Methods: In the present descriptive cross-sectional study, the HEC method was used to identify and evaluate human errors. The HEC technique is provided by Risk Map Company, in which the probability of human error is based on five factors affecting the occurrence of human error, including a degree of urgency, complexity, importance, degree of individual skill, and task repetition, using a disk-shaped tool called Risk Disk is determined through direct observation, available instructions and interview with the head of the mentioned unit. Results: According to the results of this study, out of 11 identified tasks, five job tasks with a risk number of 70% have a high probability of human error, four job tasks with a risk number of 50%, and one job task with a number There is a 40% risk of moderate human error, And a job task with a 20% risk number has an increased chance of human error. Conclusion: The results of the present study showed that the HEC method is easy to use and is a simple and useful tool for professionals to calculate the probability of human error. In addition, HEC is a practical, effective and beneficial method for managers to reduce human error.

scholarly journals Patient safety attitudes of pharmacy students in an Ethiopian university: a cross-sectional study

2017 ◽  
Vol Volume 9 ◽  
pp. 19-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Henok Getachew Tegegn ◽  
Tamrat Befekadu Abebe ◽  
Mohammed Biset Ayalew ◽  
Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Safety Attitudes

Obesity in relation to risk factors and socioeconomic conditions among school-age children at Khartoum State 2011/2012

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (5) ◽  
pp. 413-416
Author(s):  
Dr. Suzan Ail Yousif Abo* ,Dr. ALI abdalazez Salih
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Anthropometric Measurement ◽  
Socioeconomic Conditions ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
School Year ◽  
Prevalence Of Obesity ◽  
Class Room ◽  
Watching Tv

This is a descriptive cross-sectional study that was carried out at Khartoum Stateduring the school year 20112/2012 to estimate the prevalence of obesity among schoolchildren aged 6-15 years and to investigate the relationship between BMI (Body MassIndex) and socioeconomic status and life style factors. Two hundred and fifty pupilsparticipated in this study. The researcher took the anthropometric measurement insidethe class room and gave the questionnaire the students to be answered by one of child’sparents. The data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences(SPSS Version 13.0).In this study, prevalence of obesity was found to be (48%) of them 18% males and 30%females. Income of the family, number of high caloric carbonated beverages/week, wayof transportation to school, length of daily playing outside the home, and time spentin watching TV and video games were significantly correlated with student’s BMI.While parent’s BMI was not having significant correlation with student’s BMI.This study is considered as the first study in its field regarding this age category inKhartoum State, and it is promoting future researches in obesity and its determinant.Key words: Obesity in relation to risk factors and socioeconomic conditions amongschool-age children

scholarly journals Perception of pharmacy students towards their community pharmacy training experience: a cross-sectional study from Jordan

2021 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rana Abu Farha ◽  
Eman Elayeh ◽  
Needa Zalloum ◽  
Tareq Mukattash ◽  
Eman Alefishat ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Positive Feedback ◽  
Cross Sectional Study ◽  
Pharmacy Education ◽  
Pharmacy Students ◽  
Sectional Study ◽  
Training Experience ◽  
Patient Centered ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Positive Attitudes ◽  
Need To Evaluate

Abstract Background The fact that pharmacists are in the front line of patients’ care gives a great responsibility to focus on education and training of pharmacy students to build a ‘patient-centered’ clinicians. Unfortunately, pharmacy education in the developing countries, have been lagging behind actual practice delivered by pharmacists. This highlighted the need to evaluate the perceptions of undergraduate pharmacy students regarding their current pharmacy training practices and experiences. Methods This is a cross-sectional study that was conducted in Jordan during the period from August 2018 to October 2018. During the study period, a questionnaire was distributed to pharmacy students to collect information regarding 1) pharmaceutical care services provided by them during their experiential training, 2) their perceptions towards training sites, 3) their perceptions of the outcomes of their training experience, 4) information about their training site and 5) their demographics characteristics. Results A total of 202 pharmacy students responded to the questionnaire. The majority of them reported having the opportunity to dispense refill or new prescriptions (73.8%, n = 149), and conduct patient interviews (69.8%, n = 141, but they were not provided good opportunities to create electronic patient profiles using the information obtained (53.0%, n = 107), perform required dose calculations based on patient information (37.6%, n = 76), and interact with other healthcare professionals (34.6%, n = 70). In addition, students showed positive attitudes toward training sites, positive feedback about the outcomes of their training experience (median scores range between 4 and 5 for all statements (IQR = 1 for all)). Conclusion Students showed positive feedback about the outcomes of their training experience, but they felt that the selected training sites do not have adequate resources to meet their training competencies. Memorandums of understanding development is needed to specify the purpose of training and define the responsibility for both parties of the training process.

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