title: [Evaluation of patient safety culture among family and community medicine residents in a hospital A& E department].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Improving patient safety is a priority in all health care centres. It does not appear as a specific area of training in specialty programs. The aim of this study is to evaluate the safety culture of Family Medicine residents (MIR - Médico Interno Residente/Medical Internship and Residency).
  
  
  METHODS
  Transversal descriptive study. The Spanish version of the "Hospital Survey on Patient Safety" questionnaire was used. Strengths and opportunities for improving the service of the A & E Department were determined.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The most highly valued dimension was teamwork in the A & E Department. The worst qualified were "staffing" and "management support". None of those surveyed had notified any incidents in the unit.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Amongst the MIR surveyed there is a lack of knowledge about the channels for notifying adverse events, as well as a training deficiency in safety culture. This should be strengthened in the training of specialists in Family and Community Medicine.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Salud de Albarracín, Teruel, 44100, Spain. cjaraba@hotmail.com.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jaraba Becerril
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Sartolo Romeo
authors.forename: M V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Villaverde Royo
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Espuis Albas
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rivas Jiménez
mesh_terms: D003154:Community Medicine; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004636:Emergency Service, Hospital; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D015279:Organizational Culture; D061214:Patient Safety; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires