Formación en seguridad del paciente en las escuelas de medicina y enfermería en España

Abstract

Objective To compare the information on patient safety received by students of medicine and nursing. Method Cross-sectional study was conducted using a convenience sample of medical and nursing students of 3 Universities. The Latin Patient Safety Student Information and a test of 5 questions with 5 options were used. A sample of 79 students in each group was enrolled to detect differences of .3 units (bilateral estimation), considering 80% statistical power and 95% confidence interval. Results A total of 144 students replied (74 nursing and 70 medicine students). Nursing students achieved higher scores in the communication with patients factor (3.8 vs 3.2, P < .001) and proactive attitude to identify risks for patient safety (4.3 vs 3.8, P < .001). Medical students were more aware of the inevitability of adverse events (2.3 vs 3.1, P < .001). Ten (7%) students had only one fault in the test, and only one (1%) answered all questions correctly. Conclusions The training in patient safety should be improved both in nursing and medicine, although nursing students receive more information.