Diagnostic error is increasingly recognized as a major patient safety concern. Efforts to
improve diagnosis have largely focused on safety and quality improvement initiatives that …

Purpose Diagnostic errors in medicine are common and costly. Cognitive bias causes are
increasingly recognized contributors to diagnostic error but remain difficult targets for …

Objective To develop and test the psychometric properties of two new survey scales aiming
to measure the extent to which the clinical environment supports speaking up about (a) …

Purpose To develop a patient safety curriculum and evaluate its impact on medical students'
safety knowledge, self-efficacy and system thinking. Methods This study reports on …

Introduction Citation counts of articles have been used to measure scientific outcomes and
assess suitability for grant applications. However, citation counts are not without limitations …

Purpose Quality improvement (QI) is a common competency that must be taught in all
physician training programmes, yet, there is no clear best approach to teach this content in …

Background Trends in medical education have reflected the patient safety movement's initial
focus on systems. While the role of cognitive-based diagnostic errors has been increasingly …

Effective quality improvement (QI) education should improve patient care, but many
curriculum studies do not include clinical measures. The research team evaluated the …

Background Patient safety training of healthcare professionals is a new area of education.
Assessment of the pertinent competencies should be a part of this education. This review …

Changing the culture of medicine through the education of medical students has been
proposed as a solution to the intractable problems of our profession. Yet few have explored …