title: [Training in patient safety in medical and nursing schools].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To compare the information on patient safety received by students of medicine and nursing.
  
  
  METHODS
  Cross-sectional study was conducted using a convenience sample of medical and nursing students of 3 Universities. The Latin Patient Safety Student Information and a test of 5 questions with 5 options were used. A sample of 79 students in each group was enrolled to detect differences of .3 units (bilateral estimation), considering 80% statistical power and 95% confidence interval.
  
  
  RESULTS
  A total of 144 students replied (74 nursing and 70 medicine students). Nursing students achieved higher scores in the communication with patients factor (3.8 vs 3.2, P<.001) and proactive attitude to identify risks for patient safety (4.3 vs 3.8, P<.001). Medical students were more aware of the inevitability of adverse events (2.3 vs 3.1, P<.001). Ten (7%) students had only one fault in the test, and only one (1%) answered all questions correctly.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The training in patient safety should be improved both in nursing and medicine, although nursing students receive more information.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Salud de Alicante-Sant Joan, Alicante, España; Departamento de Psicología de la Salud, Universidad Miguel Hernández, Elche, Alicante, España. Electronic address: jose.mira@umh.es.
authors.forename: J J
authors.initials: JJ
authors.lastname: Mira
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Salud de Alicante-Sant Joan, Alicante, España.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Guilabert
authors.affiliation: Inspección Médica, Consellería Sanitat, Elche, Alicante, España; CEU San Pablo, Elche, Alicante, España.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vitaller
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Enfermería y Fisioterapia, Universidad de Cádiz, Cádiz, España.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Ignacio
mesh_terms: D003142:Communication; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004506:Education, Nursing; D006801:Humans; D061214:Patient Safety; D012579:Schools, Nursing; D013338:Students, Nursing
keywords: Calidad asistencial; Educación en enfermería; Educación médica; Errores clínicos; Estudiantes; Medical education; Medical errors; Nursing education; Patient safety; Quality of health care; Seguridad del paciente; Students