Assessing the impact of teaching patient safety principles to medical students during surgical clerkships.

Kenneth Stahl; Jeffrey Augenstein; Carl Schulman; Katherine Wilson; Mark McKenney; Alan Livingstone

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Assessing the impact of teaching patient safety principles to medical students during surgical clerkships.

July 20, 2011

Stahl K, Augenstein J, Schulman C, et al. J Surg Res. 2011;170(1):e29-40.

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This study found that teaching medical students practical applications of previously taught safety principles leads to greater engagement during their rotations in a clinical setting.

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