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dc.contributor.authorPohlman, Katherine A
dc.contributor.authorSalsbury, Stacie A
dc.contributor.authorFunabashi, Martha
dc.contributor.authorHolmes, Michelle
dc.contributor.authorMior, Silvano
dc.date.accessioned2021-07-15T13:02:02Z
dc.date.available2021-07-15T13:02:02Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.identifier.citationPohlman, K. A., Salsbury, S. A., Funabashi, M., Holmes, M. and Mior, S., 2020. Patient safety in chiropractic teaching programs: a mixed methods study. Chiropractic and Manual Therapies, 28:50 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-020-00339-0en
dc.identifier.issn2045-709X
dc.identifier.urihttps://aecc.archive.knowledgearc.net/handle/123456789/146
dc.descriptionAvailable under License - Creative Commons Attribution: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.description.abstractBackground: Patient safety research has lagged within academic settings, including chiropractic teaching institutions. To develop a robust patient safety culture, the Institute of Medicine emphasized the need for employee’s attitudes to be understanding and positive. To initiate the assessment of the current culture and future needs, this study evaluated patient safety attitudes among chiropractic teaching clinic stakeholders (supervising clinicians, student interns, and administrative staff) and compared their standardized survey scores to established medical survey databases. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional, mixed methods survey design with quantitative analytic priority. Chiropractic interns, clinical faculty, and clinic staff of 5 international chiropractic educational programs completed a modified version of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Patient Safety Culture for Medical Offices Survey with open-ended comment fields between 2014 and 2016. Composite means of positive responses were calculated and compared to patient safety, quality of care, and overall self-ratings benchmarks from Canadian providers and academic settings in the AHRQ database. Qualitative responses were thematically categorized for a convergent analysis of quantitative results for the chiropractic sample. Results: Chiropractic survey response rate was 45.3% (n = 645). Quantitative survey results indicated moderate scores and ranges (57–85%) on all patient safety dimensions for the chiropractic samples. Academic medicine and chiropractic providers’ benchmarks scored higher positive responses than chiropractic teaching clinics on most quantitative dimensions, except for work pressure/pace. Teamwork, organizational learning, and patient tracking/follow-up were the most positively endorsed quantitative dimensions, with communication, staff training, office standardization, and leadership support considered areas for improvement in both settings. Qualitative responses for the chiropractic clinics identified a need for open communication; additional staff training and student involvement in creating safety cultures; standardization of office processes including information exchange, scheduling, and equipment maintenance; and leadership support that focused on decreasing work pressure/pace and setting safety priorities. Conclusion: As the first report of patient safety attitudes from stakeholders in chiropractic teaching clinics, specific areas of improvement were identified. Chiropractic teaching programs might consider incorporating these and related patient safety concepts into their formal curricula. Mixed methods approach offers teaching clinics opportunities to assess stakeholders’ insights and enhance safe delivery of chiropractic care.en
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dc.publisherChiropractic and Manual Therapiesen
dc.titlePatient safety in chiropractic teaching programs: a mixed methods studyen
dc.typeArticleen
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/s12998-020-00339-0


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