Students' Assessment on the Patient Safety Education: The Case of College of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Gondar

The effect of community of practice in improving the role of clinical instructor in patient safety implementation by prelicensure nursing students

Introduction: Patient safety problems caused by students leads to different adverse event, hence clinical instructor plays a role in guiding them in the implementation of patient safety programs. Furthermore, the community of practice is considered to improve the role of clinical instructors in patient safety problems. This study is then conducted to measure the impact of community of practice toward the role of clinical instructors in patient safety problems. Design and methods: This is a pre-experimental design for one group and a pre-post test design without a control group. In addition, the sample includes 36 prelicensure nursing students. Result: The results showed that the score of clinical instructors’ role before and after intervention with community of practice implementation was 58 (34-67) and 79.33 with SD of 10,960, respectively, with a significant increase of 24.27. Also, the statistic analysis depicted that the role had a significant effect after implementation, with a p-value of < 0,000. Conclusions: Based on the results, the community of practice had a significant impact in increasing the role of clinical instructors in the implementation of patient safety problems by prelicensure nursing students.  

Patient Safety Education for Clinical Students: A Systematic Literature Review

BACKGROUND: Patient safety education has been studied from diverse views, from academic to the professional level, yet research on its effective learning methods remain limited. AIM: This study investigated the implementation of patient safety in the hospital, the significance of patient safety education for students, and the search for effective practical learning methods. METHODS: It employs a systematic review of articles from 2011 to 2021. RESULTS: The research result indicates that patient safety implementation in the hospitals and patient safety education are currently significant trends in search of effective learning methods. Several studies denote that E-Learning and videos on patient safety can effectively increase the students’ knowledge, skill, and attitude. CONCLUSION: With the limitations of scientific writing related to patient safety learning in clinical learners, it is expected that this study can contribute to the development of patient safety teaching in the future. Future research may further examine and analyze the effect of instructional videos in detail.