Training for patient safety: an integration experience among undergraduate and graduate students

Abstract

Aim: to describe the integration experience that has taken place in a Patient Safety subject, which was offered to undergraduate and postgraduate students, from different health areas. Method: report on the experience of a subject held in the second semester of 2015 at a Federal University of Southern Brazil. In addition to the professors, undergraduate and postgraduate students from the health area participated. Results: the professors and students attending master’s degree program considered the integration between undergraduate and graduate students LatoSensu and StrictoSensu very rich, exchanging experiences among the participants, making the subjects close to reality. The students assessed the discipline as important for training, reporting both positive and negative points. Conclusion: the discipline ratified the importance of discussing patient safety in different multidisciplinary health perspectives, with students of different levels of knowledge.

Keywords

• segurança do paciente
• ensino
• controle de infecções.