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Thursday, March 25, 2010

Teaching Physicians to Provide Safe Patient Care


Ten years after the Institute of Medicine's landmark 1999 report 'To Err is Human', the Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation has released a white paper finding that US Medical Schools are not doing an adequate job of facilitating student understanding of basic knowledgeand the development of skills required for the provision of safe patient care.
The paper is the first in a planned series on issues identified as top priorities in ongoing efforts to improve patient safety. Download the full report (pdf) here.

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