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Long-term effects of an e-learning course on patient safety: A controlled longitudinal study with medical students

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  • Rainer Gaupp
  • Julia Dinius
  • Ivana Drazic
  • Mirjam Körner

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Background: To improve patient safety, educational interventions on all system levels, including medical school are necessary. Sound theoretical knowledge on elements influencing patient safety (such as error management or team work) is the basis for behavioral changes of health care professionals. Methods: A controlled, quasi-experimental study with repeated measures was deployed. The intervention group participated in a mandatory e-learning course on patient safety (ELPAS) between October 2016 and December 2016. The control group did not receive any didactic session on patient safety. In both groups we measured technical knowledge and attitudes towards patient safety before the intervention (T0), directly after the intervention (T1) and one year after the intervention (T2). Participants were 309 third-year medical students in the intervention group and 154 first- and second-year medical students in the control group. Results: Technical knowledge in the intervention group (but not the control group) improved significantly after the intervention and remained high after one year (F(2, 84) = 13.506, p

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  • Rainer Gaupp & Julia Dinius & Ivana Drazic & Mirjam Körner, 2019. "Long-term effects of an e-learning course on patient safety: A controlled longitudinal study with medical students," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 14(1), pages 1-13, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0210947
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0210947
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