Table 4.
Percentage of students’ assessment of their preference for teaching items in patient safety education
| Items | Students (n)* | Strongly Agree | Agree | Neutral | Disagree | Strongly Disagree |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Education | ||||||
| Physicians should routinely spend part of their professional time of working to improve patient care. | Medical interns | 18.50 | 76.90 | 4.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Midwives | 37.60 | 49.40 | 5.90 | 5.90 | 1.20 | |
| Health officers | 44.90 | 37.20 | 2.60 | 9.00 | 6.40 | |
| Nurses | 37.80 | 40.00 | 8.90 | 6.70 | 6.70 | |
| ‘Patient safety’ is an important topic. | Medical interns | 43.10 | 56.20 | 0.80 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Midwives | 68.20 | 29.40 | 0.00 | 2.40 | 0.00 | |
| Health officers | 57.70 | 35.90 | 2.60 | 2.60 | 1.30 | |
| Nurses | 60.00 | 37.80 | 0.00 | 2.20 | 0.00 | |
| Learning how to improve patient safety is an appropriate use of time in medical school. | Medical interns | 17.70 | 73.10 | 9.20 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Midwives | 45.90 | 47.10 | 2.40 | 3.50 | 1.20 | |
| Health officers | 47.40 | 39.70 | 7.70 | 5.10 | 0.00 | |
| Nurses | 64.40 | 35.60 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| You would like to receive further teaching on patient safety. | Medical interns | 20.00 | 73.80 | 5.40 | 0.80 | 0.00 |
| Midwives | 47.10 | 41.20 | 2.40 | 8.20 | 1.20 | |
| Health officers | 39.70 | 43.60 | 12.80 | 3.80 | 0.00 | |
| Nurses | 40.00 | 55.60 | 4.40 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Skill | ||||||
| Supporting and advising a peer who must decide how to respond to an error | Medical interns | 16.20 | 60.80 | 20.80 | 2.30 | 0.00 |
| Midwives | 25.90 | 56.50 | 5.90 | 9.40 | 2.40 | |
| Health officers | 20.50 | 62.80 | 7.70 | 7.70 | 1.30 | |
| Nurses | 20.00 | 66.70 | 13.30 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Analyzing a case to find the cause of an error | Medical interns | 21.50 | 60.00 | 15.40 | 3.10 | 0.00 |
| Midwives | 29.40 | 55.30 | 1.20 | 11.80 | 2.40 | |
| Health officers | 29.50 | 52.60 | 9.00 | 6.40 | 2.60 | |
| Nurses | 33.30 | 48.90 | 13.30 | 4.40 | 0.00 | |
| Disclosing an error to a patient | Medical interns | 3.80 | 14.60 | 60.80 | 14.60 | 6.20 |
| Midwives | 10.60 | 24.70 | 23.50 | 32.90 | 8.20 | |
| Health officers | 7.70 | 35.90 | 23.10 | 28.20 | 5.10 | |
| Nurses | 15.60 | 20.00 | 28.90 | 26.70 | 8.90 | |
| Disclosing an error to a faculty member | Medical interns | 0.80 | 43.10 | 41.50 | 13.80 | 0.80 |
| Midwives | 14.10 | 43.50 | 11.80 | 21.20 | 9.40 | |
| Health officers | 14.10 | 37.20 | 21.80 | 23.10 | 3.80 | |
| Nurses | 33.30 | 35.60 | 6.70 | 24.40 | 0.00 |
*Medical interns=130, Midwives=85, Health officers=78, and Nurses=45