Building global capacity for patient safety: a training program for surgical safety research in developing and transitional countries.

Journal article

BACKGROUND: Recent studies show a significant rate of adverse events in hospitalized patients in developing/transitional countries--with approximately 18% of them related to surgical procedures. Understanding and preventing these errors requires adequate training in patient safety research methods--however, relevant training programs are currently lacking. We developed, delivered and evaluated a training program to address this gap. METHODS: A one-day training program was developed based on ...

Expand abstract

Authors: Hull, L; Arora, S; Amaya, A; Wheelock, A; Gaitán-Duarte, H

• Journal: International journal of surgery (London, England)
• Volume: 10
• Issue: 9
• Pages: 493-499
• Publication date: 2012-01-01
• DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2012.07.005
• EISSN: 1743-9159
• ISSN: 1743-9191
• Language: English
• Keywords: Developing Countries; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; Colombia; Feasibility Studies; Patient Safety; General Surgery; Operating Rooms; Humans; Communication; Reproducibility of Results; World Health