Participant patient safety attitudes pre and post course
| Both faculty cohorts (n=92) | First faculty cohort (n=28) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Domain | Pre-course median (range) | Post-course median (range) | p Value* | Post-course median (range) | 8 month post-course median (range) | p Value* |
| Feelings with regards to patient safety, for example: Telling others about an error I made would be difficult (1) to easy (5) | 4.00 (2.00–5.00) | 4.50 (3.00–5.00) | <0.001 | 4.00 (3.00–5.00) | 4.00 (3.25–5.00) | 1.000 |
| Personal beliefs with regards to patient safety, for example: Acknowledging and dealing with my errors is an important part of my job, strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5) | 4.00 (3.00–5.00) | 4.00 (3.00–5.00) | 0.019 | 4.17 (2.67–5.00) | 4.00 (2.83–5.00) | 0.775 |
| Ability to influence patient safety,† for example: I am always able to ensure that patient safety is not compromised, strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5) | 3.40 (2.20–5.00) | 3.80 (2.20–5.00) | <0.001 | 3.80 (2.20–5.00) | 3.70 (2.80–4.40) | 0.220 |
| Intentions regarding patient safety issues in the next 6 months, for example: I plan to make a point of learning from the mistakes of others, strongly disagree (1) to strongly agree (5) | 4.22 (3.11–5.00) | 4.44 (3.56–5.00) | <0.001 | 4.44 (3.56–5.00) | 4.11 (3.56–5.00) | 0.808 |
*Wilcoxon signed rank test.
†Item 1 excluded due to poor internal consistency.