PATIENT SAFETY SKILLS IN EDUCATION: PERCEPTIONS OF NURSING AND MEDICAL GRADUATE STUDENTS

Abstract

Objective: to identify the perceptions of nursing and medical graduate students about patient safety competencies in the teaching-learning process. Method: this is a qualitative, exploratory-descriptive study, conducted from September to November 2019 with 24 graduate students in medicine and nursing, from a public university in southern Brazil. Data were collected through a semi-structured interview guide and analyzed by discursive textual analysis. Results: perceptions about patient safety competencies were related to the culture of safety, teamwork, effective communication, risk management, optimization of environmental and human factors, and conduct in the face of adverse events. Final considerations: students have satisfactory perceptions regarding the patient's safety competencies in their education; however, they demonstrated weaknesses in knowledge and its application in practice, especially in the action before errors.