The Patient Safety Leadership Academy at the University of Pennsylvania: the first cohort's learning experience.

Angela B. Wurster; Kathy Pearson; Seema S. Sonnad; James L. Mullen; Larry R. Kaiser

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The Patient Safety Leadership Academy at the University of Pennsylvania: the first cohort's learning experience.

June 13, 2007

Wurster AB, Pearson K, Sonnad SS, et al. Qual Manag Health Care. 2007;16(2):166-173.

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The authors studied the effectiveness of a patient safety leadership training program and found that it enhanced leadership skills that physicians and managers use to support their safety improvement work.

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