Original CommunicationSafety skills training for surgeons: A half-day intervention improves knowledge, attitudes and awareness of patient safety
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Setting and participants
The training took place in a London U.K. Teaching Hospital, delivered by 4 faculty members (2 surgeons and 2 patient safety experts) from the National Institute of Health Research Imperial Centre for Patient Safety and Service Quality. All General Surgery Residents (PGY3-8) from 19 hospitals in London, United Kingdom (n = 48) were invited to attend the training.
The training program
A 3-hour course on safety skills was developed in which we aimed to equip participants with safety awareness skills, safety analysis
Results
A total of 27 surgeons (male = 17, female = 10) from 19 hospitals across London attended the training program (total population of surgical residents in the 19 hospitals = 48). All surgeons who participated were residents (PGY3-8) in the specialty of general surgery.
Discussion
Improving quality and safety is one of the toughest problems facing medicine today. To boost safety culture in health care, it is essential that the next generation of health care professionals is adequately trained to recognize, prevent, and mitigate error. With this in mind, we developed a comprehensive but feasible package that delivers effective training in safety awareness, safety analysis, and safety improvement skills in a half-day with no special resources (such as simulation), making
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