Patient safety curriculum for surgical residency programs: results of a national consensus conference.

Ajit K Sachdeva; Ingrid Philibert; David C Leach; Patrice Gabler Blair; Linda K Stewart; Ilan S Rubinfeld; L D Britt

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Patient safety curriculum for surgical residency programs: results of a national consensus conference.

April 11, 2007

Sachdeva AK, Philibert I, Leach DC, et al. Surgery. 2007;141(4):427-41.

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The authors share a patient safety curriculum matrix for surgical residents, which includes teaching strategies and assessment methods for various safety topics.

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