Surgical Safety Training of World Health Organization Initiatives

Christopher R Davis; Anthony S Bates; Edward C Toll; Matthew Cole; Frank C T Smith; Michael Stark

doi:10.1177/1062860613498811

Surgical Safety Training of World Health Organization Initiatives

Christopher R Davis, Anthony S Bates, Edward C Toll, Matthew Cole, Frank C T Smith, Michael Stark

Bristol Medical School (THS)

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Undergraduate training in surgical safety is essential to maximize patient safety. This national review quantified undergraduate surgical safety training. Training of 2 international safety initiatives was quantified: (1) World Health Organization (WHO) "Guidelines for Safe Surgery" and (2) Department of Health (DoH) "Principles of the Productive Operating Theatre." Also, 13 additional safety skills were quantified. Data were analyzed using Mann-Whitney U tests. In all, 23 universities entered the study (71.9% response). Safety skills from WHO and DoH documents were formally taught in 4 UK medical schools (17.4%). Individual components of the documents were taught more frequently (47.6%). Half (50.9%) of the additional safety skills identified were taught. Surgical societies supplemented safety training, although the total amount of training provided was less than that in university curricula (P

Original language	English
Journal	American Journal of Medical Quality
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/1062860613498811
Publication status	Published - 4 Sept 2013

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