ARTICLE INFO

Article Type

Original Research

Authors

Najafpour   Zh. (* )
Goudarzi   Z. (1 )
Keshmiri   F. (2)
Pourreza   A. (3 )






(* ) Health Management & Economics Sciences Department, Health Faculty, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
(1 ) Economic Health Department, Management & Information Faculty, Shiraz University, Shiraz, Iran
(2) Medical Education Department, Medicine Faculty, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
(3 ) Health Management & Economics Sciences Department, Health Faculty, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran

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Article History

Received:   July  1, 2013
Accepted:   August 17, 2013
ePublished:   October 7, 2014

ABSTRACT

Aims Education and research based on patient safety are considered as one of the implementing means and patient safety improvement in healthsystems. This study aimed to analyze the state of education and research based on patient safety in selected hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences.
Materials & Methods This descriptive and cross-sectional study was done in selected hospitals of Tehran University of Medical Sciences in 2012. The study tool was World Health Organization patient safety evaluation protocol. Data collected through structured interview, documents reviewed by the researcher, and checklist completion according to the guideline. Data were analyzed using descriptive and analytic (One-sample T test and Kruskal-Wallis test) using SPSS 13.
Findings The total mean score of the hospitals in education and research was weak based on patient safety in the basic and advanced parameters based on the guideline.In the major parameters, Farabi Hospital received the highest score and Children’s Medical Center Hospitals and Imam Khomeini received the lowest score. In the advanced parameters, Farabi Hospital received the highest score and Rasool Akram and Shariati Hospitals received the lowest score. In general, all hospitals regarding statements of patients’ safety research and education parameters were lower than the gold standard.
Conclusion All the studied hospitals regarding education and research based on patient safety parameters are in the poor condition and the identified weak points are same in the hospitals. Therefore, developing educational comprehensive programs and practical researches in the field of patient safety challenges, seems necessary.

Keywords: Hospitals, Research, Patient Safety, Education,

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