Dawit Abebe, Tewodros Mengistu, Enku Afework Demssie, Sinetibeb Mesfin
Corona virus vaccine hesitancy among higher education students in Adama City, Oromia, Ethiopia
Frontiers in public health
despite patient safety initiatives medical errors remain common devastating disclosing errors ethical also promotes restoration doctorpatient relationship however studies show active avoidance error disclosure need explicit training south african setting sparse information exists terms undergraduate medical training error disclosure address knowledge gap training error disclosure undergraduate medical programme examined background available literature objective formulate strategy improve error disclosure teaching practice goal improving patient care firstly literature reviewed regarding training medical error disclosure secondly undergraduate medical training error disclosure probed looking pertinent findings broader study undergraduate communication skills training design study descriptive crosssectional anonymous questionnaires distributed fourth fifthyear undergraduate medical students data predominantly analysed quantitatively openended questions analysed qualitatively using grounded theory coding 132 fifthyear medical students 106 participated response rate 803 65 120 fourthyear students participated response rate 542 participants 48 fourthyear students 739 64 fifthyear students 604 reported infrequent teaching disclosure medical errors almost half fourthyear students 492 considered novices error disclosure 533 fifthyear students rated ability average according 3763 587 fourthyear students 51100 510 fifthyear students senior doctors seldom never modelled patientcentred care clinical training setting results resonated findings studies showed lack patientcentredness well insufficient training error disclosure resultant low confidence skill study findings confirmed dire need frequent experiential training disclosure medical errors undergraduate medical education medical educators view errors learning opportunities improve patient care model error disclosure clinical learning environment