Table 4.
How Broader Patient Safety Issues are Addressed and Comfort Speaking Up About Patient Safety in Practice Setting.
| Survey item | Traditional | Accelerated | t test (df) | p |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | |||
| Broader patient safety issues | ||||
| Scope of what was “safe” to do | 4.21 (.359) | 3.98 (.429) | 5.16 (71) | .78 |
| Consistency in how patient safety were dealt with by preceptors | 4.28 (.299) | 4.11 (.34) | 3.19 (71) | .38 |
| Opportunity to learn/interact with members of the interdisciplinary team | 3.99 (.51) | 4.04 (.67) | 1.78 (71) | .21 |
| Solid understanding of reporting adverse events | 3.79 (.321) | 3.62 (.43) | 2.22 (71) | .88 |
| Integration of patient safety into program | 4.25 (.032) | 4.29 (.021) | 4.11 (71) | .51 |
| Clinical aspects of patient safety well covered | 4.16 (.78) | 4.01 (.64) | 3.11 (71) | .09 |
| System aspects of patient safety well covered | 4.3 (.862) | 4.24 (.63) | 1.97 (71) | .07 |
| Comfort speaking up | ||||
| Discussion of adverse events at system level | 3.59 (.472) | 3.57 (.301) | 0.22 (71) | .067 |
| Reporting a patient safety problem results in negative repercussions for the reporter | 2.98 (.702) | 2.75 (.65) | 1.16 (71) | .64 |
| Feeling of safety approaching someone engaged in unsafe care practice | 3.39 (.65) | 3.09 (.40) | 2.19 (71) | .006* |
Note. SD = standard deviation.
*p ≤ .05.