Attitudes to patient safety amongst medical students and tutors: developing a reliable and valid measure.

Sam Carruthers; Rebecca Lawton; John Sandars; Amanda Howe; Mark Perry

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Attitudes to patient safety amongst medical students and tutors: developing a reliable and valid measure.

October 28, 2009

Carruthers S, Lawton R, Sandars J, et al. Med Teach. 2009;31(8):e370-6.

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This study reports on the development and validation of a survey to measure attitudes toward patient safety among medical trainees.

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