Abstract
Introduction: Individual and organizational response to an adverse event is a key part of the life cycle of a patient safety event. Just culture is a safety concept that emphasizes system drivers of human behavior. We developed a learning activity for medical students to teach and discuss just culture as part of a patient safety curriculum. Methods: This small-group, discussion-based learning activity was aimed at third-year medical students. Over 5 years, 628 students participated in it. The session had three components: a presession case-based survey, a didactic lecture, and a facilitated small-group discussion. Participants evaluated the session using our institution's standard learner assessment. They also took a postcourse test that contained multiple-choice questions relating to the session. Results: On a 5-point Likert scale (1 = poor, 3 = good, 5 = excellent), students rated the large-group lecture (3.2) and small-group discussion (3.2) moderately. Over 85% of students answered all knowledge items on a course posttest correctly. Discussion: This learning activity provides an easy-to-implement case-based discussion to introduce the concepts of just culture.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 11167 |
Number of pages | 1 |
Journal | MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources |
Volume | 17 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- Adverse Event
- Case-Based Learning
- Health Systems
- Patient Safety
- Quality Improvement/Patient Safety
- Systems-Based Practice