ArticleBMC medical education2023
Health professionals' perceptions of patient safety competencies: psychometric properties of the French version of the H-PEPSS in France and Switzerland.
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- Perceived patient safety competencies among Slovak nursing students: a psychometric analysis.BMC nursing · 2026Article
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- Effect of an interprofessional simulation program on patient safety competencies of healthcare professionals in Switzerland: a before and after study.Journal of educational evaluation for health professions · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundSeveral initiatives have been implemented to develop, manage, and assess patient safety (PS) competencies, which are considered as a serious public health issue across the world. The Health Professional Education in Patient Safety Survey (H-PEPSS) is widely used as a psychometric scale for evaluating perceived PS competencies but has not been validated in French. The purpose of the study was to investigate the main psychometric properties of the French version of the H-PEPSS.
methodsA total of 449 students enrolled in nursing and physiotherapy schools in France and French-speaking Switzerland completed a self-administered questionnaire. The 38 items of the H-PEPSS were translated into French following a committee approach. The scale's construct validity was assessed using confirmatory factor analysis. Reliability of the six factors of the H-PEPSS was evaluated using Cronbach α and McDonald's ω. Measurement invariance across countries and academic majors as well as discriminant validity were also investigated.
resultsAfter we removed one item, the H-PEPSS 6-factor model demonstrated adequate goodness-of-fit statistics (χ
conclusionPerceived PS competencies can be assessed and fairly compared across France and Switzerland and across nursing and physiotherapy students. We discuss the relevance of the introduction of the H-PEPSS in the training pathway of health professions degree courses and the fallout in clinical contexts.
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