Radiation oncology resident training in patient safety and quality improvement: a national survey of residency program directors.
Matthew B SprakerMatthew J NyflotKristi R G HendricksonStephanie TerezakisShannon E FoghGabrielle M KaneEric C FordJing ZengPublished in: Radiation oncology (London, England) (2018)
PDs view patient safety/QI as an important part of resident education. Most PDs agreed that residents are adequately exposed to patient safety/QI and prepared to meet the patient safety/QI expectations of clinical practice. This conflicts with other independent studies that indicate a majority of residents feel their patient safety/QI training is inadequate and lacks formal exposure to QI tools.