University of Novi Sad, Medical Faculty, Department of Nursing, Institute for Child and Youth Health Care of Vojvodina, Hajduk Veljkova 3, Novi Sad 21000, Serbia.
Münchenstift Haus St Josef, Luise-Kiesselbach-Platz 2, München 81669, Germany.
Nurse Educ Pract. 2021 May;53:103089. doi: 10.1016/j.nepr.2021.103089. Epub 2021 May 18.
The objective of this study to research medical and nursing students' level of knowledge of patient safety.
Patient safety represents the foundation of health care quality, while education represents a requirement which has to be fulfilled to achieve and maintain that quality.
The research was conducted as a descriptive/analytical cross-sectional survey, with medical and nursing students being the sample (n = 370).
The research instrument was the WHO questionnaire "What is Patient Safety? ", which displayed good psychometric characteristics.
The research results indicate that the study department has a significant influence on the level of students' knowledge and attitudes to patient safety. Nursing students in their final academic year show statistically significantly higher level of knowledge in relation to the first year students. Medical students are not significantly different, in terms of the level of knowledge and attitudes, in their first and final academic years.
Knowledge and attitudes regarding patient safety shown by the students in this survey significantly contribute to the comprehension of the necessity of the implementation and development of patient safety course into the existing curricula and syllabi of all colleges and universities related to health care.
本研究旨在研究医学生和护理学生对患者安全的认知水平。
患者安全是医疗质量的基础，而教育则是实现和维持医疗质量的必要条件。
本研究采用描述性/分析性横断面调查，以医学生和护生为样本（n=370）。
研究工具是世界卫生组织的问卷“什么是患者安全？”，该问卷具有良好的心理测量学特征。
研究结果表明，研究部门对学生对患者安全的知识和态度水平有显著影响。护理专业最后一年的学生在知识方面的水平明显高于一年级学生，具有统计学意义。医学专业的学生在第一学年和最后一学年的知识和态度水平上没有显著差异。
本调查中学生对患者安全的知识和态度显著有助于理解在所有与医疗保健相关的学院和大学的现有课程和教学大纲中实施和发展患者安全课程的必要性。
