Table 4 Personal attitudes to patient safety among participated physicians
From: Patient safety: knowledge, influence and attitude among physicians: an exploratory study
Attitude statement | SDa | Da | Na | Aa | SAa | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
By concerting on the causes of incidents I can contribute to patient safety | 1 | 0.5 | 10 | 5.4 | 36 | 19.6 | 104 | 56.5 | 33 | 17.9 |
If I keep learning from my mistakes, I can prevent incidents | 3 | 1.6 | 8 | 4.3 | 22 | 11.8 | 78 | 41.9 | 75 | 40.3 |
It is important for me to learn how best to acknowledge and deal with my errors by the end of medical school | 6 | 3.2 | 10 | 5.4 | 14 | 7.5 | 60 | 32.3 | 96 | 51.6 |
Acknowledging and dealing with my errors will be an important part of my job | 1 | 0.5 | 5 | 2.7 | 8 | 4.4 | 78 | 42.6 | 91 | 49.7 |