| Attitudes to patient safety amongst medical students and tutors: Developing a reliable and valid measure. | |
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PMID: 19811201 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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BACKGROUND: Patient safety education is an increasingly important component of the medical school curricula. AIMS: This study reports on the development of a valid and reliable patient safety attitude measure targeted at medical students, which could be used to compare the effectiveness of different forms of patient safety education delivery. METHODS: The Attitudes to Patient Safety Questionnaire (APSQ) was developed as a 45-item measure of attitudes towards five patient safety themes. In Study 1, factor analysis conducted on the responses of 420 medical students and tutors, revealed nine interpretable factors. The revised 37-item APSQ-II was then administered to 301 students and their tutors at two further medical schools. RESULTS: Good stability of factor structure was revealed with reliability coefficients ranging from 0.64 to 0.82 for the nine factors. The questionnaire also demonstrated good criterion validity, being able to distinguish between tutors and students across a range of domains. CONCLUSIONS: This article reports on the first attempt to develop a valid and reliable measure of patient safety attitudes which can distinguish responses between different groups. The predictive validity of the measure is yet to be assessed. The APSQ could be used to measure patient safety attitudes in other healthcare contexts in addition to evaluating changes in undergraduate curricula. |
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Authors:
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Sam Carruthers; Rebecca Lawton; John Sandars; Amanda Howe; Mark Perry |
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Type: Journal Article |
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Title: Medical teacher Volume: 31 ISSN: 1466-187X ISO Abbreviation: Med Teach Publication Date: 2009 Aug |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2009-10-08 Completed Date: 2010-02-17 Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 7909593 Medline TA: Med Teach Country: England |
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Languages: eng Pagination: e370-6 Citation Subset: IM |
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University of Leeds, UK. |
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Adolescent Adult Attitude of Health Personnel* Education, Medical, Undergraduate / methods*, standards England Female Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice* Humans Male Medical Errors / prevention & control*, psychology Questionnaires Reproducibility of Results Safety* Students, Medical / psychology* Young Adult |
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