Investigation of Health Sciences Faculty Students’ Medical Error Attitudes

Abstract

Objective: The research was conducted with the aim of examining faculty of health sciences students’ medical error attitudes. Method: The research was conducted as descriptive study. Total of 580 students studying at health sciences faculty of a university in4-29 March 2019 and informed consent was obtained. Data were collected using the 'Medical Error Attitude Scale'. Result: Students’ mean age participating in the research was 20.7, 74.8% of them were women. 70.2% of the students specified that they did not take lessons on medical errors, and 65.3% stated that they did not take course on patient safety. 42.1% of the participants stated that they witnessed medical errors, and 12.9% stated that they made a medical error in the clinical setting. In the comparison made between Emergency and Disaster Management, Nursing and Dietetics Departments’ students, a statistically significant difference was found between the medical error attitudes approach and total scale score means, and no statistically significant difference was found in the perception and reason sub-scale. Conclusion: It can be said that providing medical error and patient safety education in the education of health sciences students and establishing the knowledge base will contribute to the clinical implementation areas within the scope of skill preparation.