Items | Pre-test, n (%) | Post-test, n (%) | Difference, n (%) | p-value |
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1. Which of the following is most likely to decrease the risk of medical errors? | ||||
b. Examine how the system is setting providers up to make errors and try to fix it | ||||
(Yes = 1, Else = 0) | 162 (72.3) | 185 (82.6) | 23 (0.10) | 0.001 |
2. Which of the following is true regarding medical errors? | ||||
c. An error that doesn’t result in any harm is an opportunity to find a hole | ||||
in the system and prevent future harm (Yes = 1, Else = 0) | 210 (94.2) | 221 (97.8) | 11 (0.05) | 0.039 |
3. A student incorrectly records a patient’s drug allergies, this is classified as what type of medical error? | ||||
a. Slip (Yes = 1, Else = 0) | 53 (24.0) | 138 (61.1) | 85 (0.38) | 0.000 |
4. A physician forgets to order a patient’s medications, this is classified as what type of medical error? | ||||
b. Lapse (Yes = 1, Else = 0) | 145 (65.6) | 212 (93.8) | 67 (0.30) | 0.000 |
5. A physician misreads a radiograph resulting in a misdiagnosis, this is classified as what type of medical error? | ||||
c. Mistake (Yes = 1, Else = 0) | 170 (78.0) | 198 (87.2) | 28 (0.12) | 0.006 |
6. A surgeon rushes the surgical team to start surgery, ignoring the charge nurse’s wishes to perform a timeout, this is classified as what type of medical error? | ||||
d. Violation (Yes = 1, Else = 0) | 192 (87.7) | 223 (98.2) | 31 (0.14) | 0.000 |
7. Which individuals are likely affected by a surgical error? | ||||
e. All of the answers (The patient and his family; The physician in charge of the surgery; The second-year resident assisting the physician; The nurse on the team) (Yes = 1, Else = 0) | 213 (95.9) | 224 (98.7) | 11 (0.05) | 0.031 |
8. Effective systems focused on ensuring safety and preventing errors require: | ||||
d. Collaboration of the interprofessional team with the patient and family (Yes = 1, Else = 0) | 213 (97.3) | 223 (99.1) | 10 (0.04) | 0.125 |
9. What is the point of a protocol? | ||||
a. To standardize the delivery of care and help providers perform optimally | ||||
(Yes = 1, Else = 0) | 191 (88.8) | 207 (92.0) | 16 (0.07) | 0.265 |
10. Most patient harm is the result of: | ||||
c. A series of system errors (Yes = 1, Else = 0) | 172 (79.3) | 208 (92.0) | 36 (0.16) | 0.000 |
Total score of knowledge scale (score range:1–10), mean (SD) | 7.58 (1.82) | 8.98 (1.22) | 1.40 (1.89) | 0.000 |