BMJ quality & safety
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BMJ quality & safety · Nov 2017
Multicenter StudySpeaking up about traditional and professionalism-related patient safety threats: a national survey of interns and residents.
Open communication between healthcare professionals about care concerns, also known as 'speaking up', is essential to patient safety. ⋯ Interns and residents commonly observed unprofessional behaviour yet were less likely to speak up about it compared with traditional safety threats even when they perceived high potential patient harm. Measuring SUC-Safe, and particularly SUC-Prof, may fill an existing gap in safety culture assessment.