@article{10502,
  author = {Thorbjørn H. Mikkelsen and Ineta Sokolowski and Frede Olesen},
  title = {General practitioners' attitudes toward reporting and learning from adverse events: results from a survey.},
  abstract = {<p><b>OBJECTIVE: </b>To investigate GPs' attitudes to and willingness to report and learn from adverse events and to study how a reporting system should function.</p><p><b>DESIGN: </b>Survey.</p><p><b>SETTING: </b>General practice in Denmark.</p><p><b>MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: </b>GPs' attitudes to exchange of experience with colleagues and others, and circumstances under which such exchange is accepted.</p><p><b>SUBJECTS: </b>A structured questionnaire sent to 1198 GPs of whom 61% responded. RESULTS. GPs had a positive attitude towards discussing adverse events in the clinic with colleagues and staff and in their continuing medical education groups. The GPs had a positive attitude to reporting adverse events to a database if the system granted legal and administrative immunity to reporters. The majority preferred a reporting system located at a research institute.</p><p><b>CONCLUSION: </b>GPs have a very positive attitude towards discussing and reporting adverse events. This project encourages further research and pilot projects testing concrete reporting systems.</p>},
  year = {2006},
  journal = {Scand J Prim Health Care},
  volume = {24},
  pages = {27-32},
  month = {03/2006},
  issn = {0281-3432},
  language = {eng},
}