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Table 3 Differences in the content on patient safety, second victims and quality of care in curricula according to discipline (medicine vs. nursing) and European region (north, south, east, and west)

From: Patient safety topics, especially the second victim phenomenon, are neglected in undergraduate medical and nursing curricula in Europe: an online observational study

Topic

Nursing

(n = 44)

Medicine

(n = 44)

p-value*

NE

(n = 23)

SE

(n = 22)

EE

(n = 17)

WE

(n = 24)

p-value

 

Patient safety

50.0 (22)

36.4 (16)

0.20

52.2 (12)

50.0 (11)

35.2 (6)

37.5 (9)

0.60

 

Quality of care

65.9 (29)

38.6 (17)

0.01

52.2 (12)

54.5 (12)

52.9 (9)

45.8 (11)

0.94

 

Risk management

31.8 (14)

9.1 (4)

0.01

17.4 (4)

27.3 (6)

29.4 (5)

12.5 (3)

0.48

 

Safe practices

22.7 (10)

6.8 (3)

0.04

13.0 (3)

18.2 (4)

23.5 (4)

8.3 (2)

0.57

 

Interprofessional communication

93.2 (41)

77.3 (34)

0.04

91.3 (21)

90.9 (20)

70.6 (12)

83.3 (20)

0.25

 

Adverse events

13.6 (6)

18.2 (8)

0.56

13.0 (3)

18.2 (4)

29.4 (5)

8.3 (2)

0.32

 

Second victims

0 (0)

2.3 (1)

-

0 (0)

4.5 (1)

0 (0)

0 (0)

-

 
  1. % (n)
  2. * Chi-square Test, level of significance p < 0.05
  3. NE: Northern Europe; SE: Southern Europe; EE: Eastern Europe; WE: Western Europe