Knowledge, awareness and attitude of an Iraqi college undergraduate students towards patient safety Particularly HIV

Hisham Alshaikhli ,Zaid Alsadoon ,Rusul A Alsaray ,Wathiq Naeem ,Reyadh R Al-Rashidi ,Mustafa M. Kadhim

doi:10.31838/hiv.21.01.04

Abstract

Background: Inadequate dedication has been given to patient safety education of health careprofessionals, resulting in limited understanding of the nature of risk in health care.Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the personal knowledge, awareness and attitudestoward patient safety among the health professional students of Kut University College.Material and Methods: This was a cross-sectional analysis using a validated WHO (World HealthOrganization) questionnaire and the results were analyzed using IBM SPSS software.Results: Our data showed that the majority of our participants had a medium level of knowledge andawareness about health care errors and patient safety. Nevertheless, our participant’s attitude waspositive regarding reporting the error and learning from their mistakes.Conclusions: Reducing patient maltreatment will require long-term continuous efforts to build a goodeducation that can addresses the local difficulties and improves patient safety towards HIV.

Highlights

Patient safety is crucial in providing quality healthcare and the need for patient safety regulation is acknowledged on a global level (1)
Regarding domain 1, the majority of participants had a medium level of on how to report the error but what should happen if knowledge
Regarding domain 4, our results showed that most students strongly agreed that they will be able to learn from their mistakes and deal with their errors well as shown in [Table 4]

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Introduction

Patient safety is crucial in providing quality healthcare and the need for patient safety regulation is acknowledged on a global level (1). The WHO (World Health Organization) has been the world leader in observing patient safety in the healthcare profession learning systems (2). To ensure substantial and effective improvements in the safety of healthcare, we need strong policies and skillful healthcare professionals to successfully integrating patient safety science into the training programs of the world educational institutions (3). The viewpoints of healthcare profession students on patient safety courses in the clinical location and the classroom are key elements for understanding the success in which patient safety concepts are represented and incorporated in medical education (1). Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the personal knowledge, awareness and attitudes toward patient safety among the health professional students of Kut University College. Results: Our data showed that the majority of our participants had a medium level of knowledge and awareness about health care errors and patient safety.

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