Table 2 Patient safety in the nursing and medical curricula of COST Action universities
Patient safety | Quality of care | Risk management | Safe practices | Interprofessional communication | Adverse events | Second victims | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nursing | |||||||
Northern Europe | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 1 | 0 |
Southern Europe | 7 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 0 |
Western Europe | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Eastern Europe | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
Total, % (n)* | 52.4 (22) | 64.3 (27) | 33.3 (14) | 23.8 (10) | 92.9 (39) | 14.3 (6) | 0 (0) |
Total, % (n) | 50.0 (22) | 65.9 (29) | 31.8 (14) | 22.7 (10) | 93.2 (41) | 13.6 (6) | 0 (0) |
Medicine | |||||||
Northern Europe | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 |
Southern Europe | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 1 |
Western Europe | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
Eastern Europe | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 |
Total, % (n) | 36.4 (16) | 38.6 (17) | 9.1 (4) | 6.8 (3) | 77.3 (34) | 18.2 (8) | 2.3 (1) |