Patient safety attitudes of pharmacy students in an Ethiopian university: a cross-sectional study
Henok Getachew Tegegn, Tamrat Befekadu Abebe, Mohammed Biset Ayalew, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia Introduction: Patient safety is a major h...
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| description | Henok Getachew Tegegn, Tamrat Befekadu Abebe, Mohammed Biset Ayalew, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia Introduction: Patient safety is a major health care concern and is being included in an undergraduate curriculum as it plays a major role in lessening harm. Therefore, we aim to assess the attitude of pharmacy students toward patient safety.Methods: A cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire containing 21 items was conducted at the University of Gondar among fourth and fifth year students. Data analysis was performed to calculate mean, standard deviation, percentages, and logistic regressions using SPSS software version 22 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY, USA). Statistical significance was set at P<0.05.Results: A total of 83 pharmacy students (fourth year groups=50, fifth year groups=33) participated in the study with response rate of 92%. Majority of the students 70/83 (84.33%) had the overall positive attitude of patient safety. Most of the respondents (80.7%) agree or strongly agree that after an error occurs, an effective strategy is to work hard to be more careful. Most of them (79.6%) believe that pharmacists should routinely spend part of their professional time working to improve patient care. About half (48.2%) of pharmacy students disagree or strongly disagree that pharmacists should discuss and report errors to an affected patient and their family even if the patient is not harmed. No significant association between the attitude of pharmacy students toward patient safety and their age, sex and year of study was found.Conclusion: Pharmacy students have the overall good attitude to patient safety. However, they claimed the culture and attitude within the pharmacy workplace lacked for patient safety. Moreover, standardized patient safety course should be considered in the curriculum for junior pharmacy students to improve their attitude toward patient safety. Keywords: patient safety, culture, medication errors, patient care |
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| spelling | doaj.art-dc69036d3f6543ceabc69a98db036b802022-12-21T17:59:09ZengDove Medical PressDrug, Healthcare and Patient Safety1179-13652017-05-01Volume 9192432733Patient safety attitudes of pharmacy students in an Ethiopian university: a cross-sectional studyTegegn HGAbebe TBAyalew MBBhagavathula ASHenok Getachew Tegegn, Tamrat Befekadu Abebe, Mohammed Biset Ayalew, Akshaya Srikanth Bhagavathula Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia Introduction: Patient safety is a major health care concern and is being included in an undergraduate curriculum as it plays a major role in lessening harm. Therefore, we aim to assess the attitude of pharmacy students toward patient safety.Methods: A cross-sectional study using a self-administered questionnaire containing 21 items was conducted at the University of Gondar among fourth and fifth year students. Data analysis was performed to calculate mean, standard deviation, percentages, and logistic regressions using SPSS software version 22 (IBM Corporation, Armonk, NY, USA). Statistical significance was set at P<0.05.Results: A total of 83 pharmacy students (fourth year groups=50, fifth year groups=33) participated in the study with response rate of 92%. Majority of the students 70/83 (84.33%) had the overall positive attitude of patient safety. Most of the respondents (80.7%) agree or strongly agree that after an error occurs, an effective strategy is to work hard to be more careful. Most of them (79.6%) believe that pharmacists should routinely spend part of their professional time working to improve patient care. About half (48.2%) of pharmacy students disagree or strongly disagree that pharmacists should discuss and report errors to an affected patient and their family even if the patient is not harmed. No significant association between the attitude of pharmacy students toward patient safety and their age, sex and year of study was found.Conclusion: Pharmacy students have the overall good attitude to patient safety. However, they claimed the culture and attitude within the pharmacy workplace lacked for patient safety. Moreover, standardized patient safety course should be considered in the curriculum for junior pharmacy students to improve their attitude toward patient safety. Keywords: patient safety, culture, medication errors, patient carehttps://www.dovepress.com/patient-safety-attitudes-of-pharmacy-students-in-an-ethiopian-universi-peer-reviewed-article-DHPSPatient safetyAttitudePharmacy studentsEthiopia |
| spellingShingle | Tegegn HG Abebe TB Ayalew MB Bhagavathula AS Patient safety attitudes of pharmacy students in an Ethiopian university: a cross-sectional study Drug, Healthcare and Patient Safety Patient safety Attitude Pharmacy students Ethiopia |
| title | Patient safety attitudes of pharmacy students in an Ethiopian university: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Patient safety attitudes of pharmacy students in an Ethiopian university: a cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Patient safety attitudes of pharmacy students in an Ethiopian university: a cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Patient safety attitudes of pharmacy students in an Ethiopian university: a cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Patient safety attitudes of pharmacy students in an Ethiopian university: a cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | patient safety attitudes of pharmacy students in an ethiopian university a cross sectional study |
| topic | Patient safety Attitude Pharmacy students Ethiopia |
| url | https://www.dovepress.com/patient-safety-attitudes-of-pharmacy-students-in-an-ethiopian-universi-peer-reviewed-article-DHPS |
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