A multi-tiered approach to safety education.

Kim Oates; John Sammut; Peter Kennedy

Commentary

A multi-tiered approach to safety education.

August 7, 2013

Oates K, Sammut J, Kennedy P. Clin Teach. 2013;10(4):214-8.

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This commentary describes an initiative that incorporated patient safety training into earlier stages of education for medicine, nursing, and allied health professions.

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