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ArticleBMJ open quality2023

Safety culture survey among medical residents in Japan: a nationwide cross-sectional study.

Takashi Watari, Masaru Kurihara, Yuji Nishizaki, Yasuharu Tokuda, Yoshimasa Nagao

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Article in BMJ open quality, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Takashi WatariGeneral Medicine Center, Shimane University Hospital, Izumo, Shimane, Japan wataritari@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0002-9322-8455
Masaru KuriharaHospital Medicine, Urasoe General Hospital, Urasoe, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9195-4202
Yuji NishizakiJuntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Yasuharu TokudaMuribushi Okinawa Project for Teaching Hospitals, Okinawa, Japan.
Yoshimasa NagaoDepartment of Patient Safety, Nagoya University Hospital, Nagoya, Japan.
Juntendo University · JPNagoya University Hospital · JPUniversity of Michigan · USUrasoe General Hospital

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeThis study aimed to examine safety culture among Japanese medical residents through a comparative analysis of university and community hospitals and an investigation of the factors related to safety culture.

methodThis nationwide cross-sectional study used a survey to assess first and second-year medical residents' perception of safety culture. We adapted nine key items from the Safety Awareness Questionnaire to the Japanese training environment and healthcare system. Additionally, we explored specific factors relevant to safety culture, such as gender, year of graduation, age, number of emergency room duties per month, average number of admissions per day, incident experience, incident reporting experience, barriers to incident reporting and safety culture. We analysed the data using descriptive statistics and multivariate logistic regression analysis.

resultsWe included 5289 residents (88.6%) from community training hospitals and 679 residents (11.4%) from university hospitals. A comparative analysis of safety culture between the two groups on nine representative questions revealed that the percentage of residents who reported a positive atmosphere at their institution was significantly lower at university hospitals (81.7%) than at community hospitals (87.8%) (p<0.001). The other items were also significantly lower for university hospital residents. After adjusting for multivariate logistic analysis, university hospital training remained significantly and negatively associated with all nine safety culture items. Furthermore, we also found that university hospital residents perceived a significantly lower level of safety culture than community hospital residents. IMPLICATIONS: Further research and discussion on medical professionals' perception of safety culture in their institutions as well as other healthcare professionals' experiences are necessary to identify possible explanations for our findings and develop strategies for improvement.

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Internship and ResidencyCross-Sectional StudiesHumansJapanSafety ManagementSurveys and Questionnairesgraduate medical educationhospital medicineincident reportingpatient safetysafety culture

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