Associations between national board exam performance and residency program emphasis on patient safety and interprofessional teamwork. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Associations between national board exam performance and residency program emphasis on patient safety and interprofessional teamwork. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

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• Published August 2019

Associations between national board exam performance and residency program emphasis on patient safety and interprofessional teamwork.

Loftus TJ, Hall DJ, Malaty JZ, et al. Acad Psychiatry. 2019 Aug 27; [Epub ahead of print].

Resident physicians complete an annual evaluation of their training program, which includes questions on their program's culture of safety. Conducted among residency programs at a single academic medical center, this analysis found that residents in programs that emphasized safety culture had higher rates of passing their board certification exams on the first attempt.

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