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Table 1 General Characteristics of the respondents

From: Undergraduate medical students’ attitudes towards medical errors and patient safety: a multi-center cross-sectional study in the Gaza Strip, Palestine

Variable

Number (%) (n = 338)

Overall APSQ score

Mean (±SD)

p-value

Gender

Males

200 (59.2)

4.8 (0.53)

0.11

Females

128 (40,8)

4.7 (0.48)

 

Study Year

 4

95 (28,1)

4.7 (0.57)

 

 5

158 (46.7)

4.8 (0.50)

0.14

 6

85 (25.1)

4.7 (0.47)

 

University

 1

150 (44,4)

4.7 (0.53)

 

 2

188 (55.6)

4.8 (0.51)

0.42

Students reported having made a medical error during their clinical training

 Yes

38 (11.2)

5.0 (0.44)

0.04

 No

300 (88.8)

4.7 (0.52)

 

If yes: Students who told their supervisor about it

 Yes

24 (63.2)

5.0 (0.42)

 

 No

14 (36.8)

  

Students who reported witnessing a colleague (doctor or student) do a medical error during their clinical training

 Yes

130 (38.5)

  

 No

208 (61.5)

  

If yes: Students who told their supervisor about this

 Yes

37 (28.5)

  

 No

93 (71.5%)