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REVIEW

Characteristics of unsafe undergraduate nursing students in clinical practice: an integrative literature review.

Killam LA, Luhanga F, Bakker D. J Nurs Educ. 2011;50:437-446.

STUDY

Role of clinical context in residents' physical examination diagnostic accuracy.

Sibbald M, Panisko D, Cavalcanti RB. Med Educ. 2011;45:415-421.

COMMENTARY

Patient safety: where is nursing education?

Gregory DM, Guse LW, Dick DD, Russell CK. J Nurs Educ. 2007;46:79-82.

REVIEW

Teaching quality improvement and patient safety to trainees: a systematic review.

Wong BM, Etchells EE, Kuper A, Levinson W, Shojania KG. Acad Med. 2010;85:1425-1439.

STUDY

Student-observed surgical safety practices across an urban regional health authority.

Spence J, Goodwin B, Enns C, Dean H. BMJ Qual Saf. 2011;20:580-586.

STUDY

The impact of prolonged continuous wakefulness on resident clinical performance in the intensive care unit: a patient simulator study.

Sharpe R, Koval V, Ronco JJ, et al. Crit Care Med. 2010;38:766-770.

REVIEW

Teaching medical error disclosure to physicians-in-training: a scoping review.

Stroud L, Wong BM, Hollenberg E, Levinson W. Acad Med. 2013 Apr 24; [Epub ahead of print].

STUDY

First year nursing students' viewpoints about compromised clinical safety.

Killam LA, Mossey S, Montgomery P, Timmermans KE. Nurse Educ Today. 2013;33:475-480.

STUDY

Swapping horses midstream: factors related to physicians' changing their minds about a diagnosis.

Eva KW, Link CL, Lutfey KE, McKinlay JB. Acad Med. 2010;85:1112-1117.

REVIEW

Quality improvement in medical education: current state and future directions.

Wong BM, Levinson W, Shojania KG. Med Educ. 2012;46:107-119.

STUDY

Pediatric residents' decision-making around disclosing and reporting adverse events: the importance of social context.

Coffey M, Thomson K, Tallett S, Matlow A. Acad Med. 2010;85:1619-1625.

STUDY

Surgeon's vigilance in the operating room.

Zheng B, Tien G, Atkins SM, et al. Am J Surg. 2011;201:667-671.

COMMENTARY classic

Graduate medical education and patient safety: a busy--and occasionally hazardous--intersection.

Shojania KG, Fletcher KE, Saint S. Ann Intern Med. 2006;145:592-598.

REVIEW

Work interruptions and their contribution to medication administration errors: an evidence review.

Biron AD, Loiselle CG, Lavoie-Tremblay M. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2009;6:70-86.

REVIEW

Interprofessional communication and medical error: a reframing of research questions and approaches.

Varpio L, Hall P, Lingard L, Schryer CF. Acad Med. 2008;83(suppl 10):S76-S81.

STUDY

Interruptions during the delivery of high-risk medications.

Trbovich P, Prakash V, Stewart J, Trip K, Savage P. J Nurs Adm. 2010;40:211-218.

STUDY

Assessing residents' communication skills: disclosure of an adverse event to a standardized patient.

Posner G, Nakajima A. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2011;33:262-268.

SPECIAL OR THEME ISSUE

Innovation in Perioperative Patient Safety.

Miller DR, Merry AF, eds. Can J Anesth. 2013;60:7-220.

STUDY

Impact of a comprehensive safety initiative on patient-controlled analgesia errors.

Paul JE, Bertram B, Antoni K, et al. Anesthesiology. 2010;113:1427-1432.

MEETING/CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

Diagnostic Errors in Medicine 2010.

Society for Medical Decision Making. October 25–27, 2010; Sheraton Centre Toronto Hotel Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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