Patient safety education: what was, what is, and what will be?

Debra Klamen; Kate Sanserino; Patty J. Skolnik

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Patient safety education: what was, what is, and what will be?

December 18, 2013

Klamen D, Sanserino K, Skolnik PJ. Teach Learn Med. 2013;25(sup1).

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This commentary discusses patient safety education during medical school and describes a framework for integrating this topic into curriculum.

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