Patient Safety in Africa: A Culture Shift?

By Stephen Powell, MS; Daniel Baily, MS; Njide Ndili, MIS; and Christopher Ente, MS

Patient safety has received increased attention in African countries in the last decade, yet little is known about African patient safety challenges and quality improvement opportunities.

Telluride Interdisciplinary Patient Safety Roundtable:
Medical Students’ Daily Narrative Reflections

By David Mayer, MD; Timothy McDonald, MD, JD; Susan Doyle, PhD; Tracy Granzyk Wetzel, MS

As each new report of medical harm is published, the need to redesign medical education to prepare young physicians capable of approaching patient care in ways that decrease the opportunity for harm reaches a new level of urgency.