title: Patient safety principles in family medicine residency accreditation standards and curriculum objectives: Implications for primary care.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To conduct a thematic analysis of the College of Family Physicians of Canada's (CFPC's) Red Book accreditation standards and the Triple C Competency-based Curriculum objectives with respect to patient safety principles.
  
  
  METHODS
  Thematic content analysis of the CFPC's Red Book accreditation standards and the Triple C curriculum.
  
  
  METHODS
  Canada.
  
  
  METHODS
  Coding frequency of the patient safety principles (ie, patient engagement; respectful, transparent relationships; complex systems; a just and trusting culture; responsibility and accountability for actions; and continuous learning and improvement) found in the analyzed CFPC documents.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Within the analyzed CFPC documents, the most commonly found patient safety principle was patient engagement (n = 51 coding references); the least commonly found patient safety principles were a just and trusting culture (n = 5 coding references) and complex systems (n = 5 coding references). Other patient safety principles that were uncommon included responsibility and accountability for actions (n = 7 coding references) and continuous learning and improvement (n = 12 coding references).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Explicit inclusion of patient safety content such as the use of patient safety principles is needed for residency training programs across Canada to ensure the full spectrum of care is addressed, from community-based care to acute hospital-based care. This will ensure a patient safety culture can be cultivated from residency and sustained into primary care practice.
authors.affiliation: Assistant Professor in the Office of Postgraduate Medical Education in the Department of Community Health Sciences of the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta. kassama@ucalgary.ca.
authors.forename: Aliya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kassam
authors.affiliation: Education Lead for the Ward of the 21st Century in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary.
authors.forename: Nishan
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Sharma
authors.affiliation: Quality and Safety Education Lead for the Health Quality Council of Alberta in Calgary.
authors.forename: Margot
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Harvie
authors.affiliation: Associate Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Community Health Sciences of the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary.
authors.forename: Maeve
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: O'Beirne
authors.affiliation: Associate Dean of Postgraduate Medical Education in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary.
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Topps
mesh_terms: D000068:Accreditation / Q000592:standards*; D002170:Canada; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003162:Competency-Based Education / Q000592:standards*; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency / Q000592:standards*; D061214:Patient Safety / Q000592:standards*; D011320:Primary Health Care