Assessing medical students' perceptions of patient safety: The Medical Student Safety Attitudes and Professionalism Survey.

Joshua M. Liao; Jason Etchegaray; Tyler Williams; David H. Berger; Sigall K. Bell; Eric J. Thomas

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Assessing medical students' perceptions of patient safety: The Medical Student Safety Attitudes and Professionalism Survey.

January 29, 2014

Liao JM, Etchegaray J, Williams T, et al. Acad Med. 2014;89(2):343-51.

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This study discusses the development of a survey to evaluate medical students' perspective on the hidden curriculum related to patient safety, teamwork, error disclosure, and professionalism during clinical rotations. The tool displayed reasonable internal reliability and validity.

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