Training health care professionals in root cause analysis: a cross-sectional study of post-training experiences, benefits and attitudes.

Paul Bowie; Joe Skinner; Carl de Wet

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Training health care professionals in root cause analysis: a cross-sectional study of post-training experiences, benefits and attitudes.

April 10, 2013

Bowie P, Skinner J, de Wet C. BMC Health Serv Res. 2013;13:50.

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According to this study, the majority of health care providers trained in root cause analysis (RCA) in Scotland did not participate in actual RCA investigations following their training.

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