Table 4.

APSQ-III domains that demonstrated significant differences between the five cohorts across all four 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*
First	93.5	82.5	91.7	82.7	60.4	74.4	82.5	93.5	58.1
Second	91.9	81.6	90.9	82.6	61.9	75.8	79.9	91.5	56.9
Third	87.4	74.6	86.4	76	57.8	67	79.7	87.9	54.9
Fourth	80.7	73.2	79.5	68.2	54.4	63.9	75.3	80	51.5
Fifth	72.4	61.8	71.7	64.7	51.6	60.4	71	71	49.1

*P<0.05.

†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.

APSQ-III, Attitudes toward Patient Safety Questionnaire III.