Table 3.

Responses to the nine domains of the APSQ-III

Schools	Year in medical school	Positive responses (%)*
		Patient safety training received	Error reporting confidence	Working hours as an error cause	Error inevitability	Professional incompetence as an error cause	Disclosure responsibility	Team functioning	Patient involvement in reducing errors	Importance of patient safety in the curriculum
A	First	78.6	73.4	79.7	71.9	56.6	66.4	73.9	80.8	50.7
	Second	74.3	62.9	74.4	71.4	56	66.6	64	71.9	49.8
	Third	57.1	52.9	56.2	52.8	51.9	51.4	57.5	55.1	41.5
	Fourth	43.1	40	40.5	45.4	51.1	48.7	42.7	42.8	37.6
	Fifth	45.2	46.4	42.6	41.1	51.8	46.6	51.2	42.7	33.7
B	First	99.4	84.7	95.8	86	61.5	78.2	84.1	98.9	62.6
	Second	97.2	86.8	95	91.1	66.3	78.5	87	99.1	59.8
	Third	98	72.7	95.9	83.8	59.2	63.3	81.3	100	63.5
	Fourth	98.9	86.5	97.3	84.4	60.9	77.5	78.8	97.3	63.5
	Fifth	61.4	51.9	61.2	61.6	51.5	57.4	56.1	58.7	47.2
C	First	99.1	90.3	96.1	91.9	62	84.1	86.4	98.2	63.5
	Second	99.6	90.3	98.3	84.2	63.6	81.2	81.1	99.5	63.2
	Third	100	83.4	97.9	87.1	60.7	78.2	91	100	59.3
	Fourth	97	77.9	96.9	86.9	60	75.2	87.2	95.7	66.5
	Fifth	99.7	79.9	99.4	85.2	58.5	70.9	92.6	100	58.2
D	First	99.1	87.1	99.2	86	63.3	72.7	90.2	97.1	56.7
	Second	98.5	88.7	99.2	83.2	61.3	77.5	91	98.2	54.6
	Third	97.1	87.2	97.2	82.9	59.9	74.8	89.3	99.2	57.8
	Fourth	100	96.1	100	74.2	52.3	67	97.7	100	52.4
	Fifth	100	78	100	79.3	41	74.9	100	100	65.1

*Positive responses include responses of ‘agree’ or ‘strongly agree’. The denominator for each question might vary because some students did not respond to every question in the survey.

A, Harbin Medical University; B, Qiqihar Medical University; C, Mudanjiang Medical University; D, Medical College of Jiamusi University.

APSQ-III, Attitudes toward Patient Safety Questionnaire III.