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. 2020 Dec 4;8(4):540. doi: 10.3390/healthcare8040540

Table 2.

Students’ responses to teaching items of patient safety education and skills.

Teaching Items of Patient Safety
Education and Skills
Sentence Students Strongly Agree Agree Neutral Disagree Strongly Disagree p-Value
Physicians should routinely spend part of their professional time working to improve patient care Female 29 1 3 40 0 0.84
Male 19 0 2 20 0
Patient safety’ is an important topic Female 8 65 0 0 0 0.38
Male 6 35 0 0 0
Physicians should routinely report medical errors Female 31 1 2 39 0 0.11
Male 14 2 1 24 0
Learning how to improve patient safety is an appropriate use of time in medical school Female 32 3 3 34 1 0.60
Male 25 1 3 12 0
Would like to receive further teaching on patient safety Female 34 32 3 3 1 0.22
Male 12 25 3 1 0
Supporting and advising a peer who must decide how to respond to an error Female 37 6 20 9 1 0.45
Male 22 1 9 9 0
Analyzing a case to find the cause of an error Female 37 6 20 10 0 0.46
Male 20 1 11 9 0
Disclosing an error to a faculty member Female 36 1 3 33 0 0.84
Male 23 0 2 16 0