Table 2 Mean patient safety culture composite scores across professions*†.

PSC dimension	Doctors, n = 13	Pharmacists, n = 8	Advanced practitioners, n = 5	Nurses, n = 78	p Value
Communication openness	36.1	37.5	20.0	44.4	0.52
Feedback and communication about error	22.2	41.7	20.0	41.0	0.12
Frequency of events reported	60.0	66.7	26.7	48.1	0.21
Handovers and transitions	36.4	28.1	15.0	40.1	0.37
Management support for patient safety	52.8	79.2	60.0	67.3	0.56
Non‐punitive response to error	15.4	4.2	0.0	11.1	0.38
Organisational learning and continuous improvement	43.6	33.3	53.3	58.0	0.10
Overall perceptions of safety	30.8	59.4	45.0	46.9	0.43
Staffing	21.1	53.1	25.0	42.9	0.03
Supervisor/manager expectations and actions promoting patient safety	65.0	65.6	62.5	72.4	0.76
Teamwork across units	54.5	46.9	50.0	46.5	0.92
Teamwork within units	48.1	59.4	40.0	44.1	0.62

PSC, patient safety culture.

*Advanced practitioners include nurse practitioners and physician assistants.

†The composite score is the average of individual rates of agreement with items within dimensions as described in the Methods section.