[Evaluation of patient safety culture among family and community medicine residents in a hospital A& E department]. / Evaluación de la cultura sobre seguridad del paciente entre médicos residentes de medicina familiar y comunitaria en un servicio de urgencias hospita.

BACKGROUND: Improving patient safety is a priority in all health care centres. It does not appear as a specific area of training in specialty programs. The aim of this study is to evaluate the safety culture of Family Medicine residents (MIR - Médico Interno Residente/Medical Internship and Residency). METHODS: Transversal descriptive study. The Spanish version of the "Hospital Survey on Patient Safety" questionnaire was used. Strengths and opportunities for improving the service of the A & E Department were determined. RESULTS: The most highly valued dimension was teamwork in the A & E Department. The worst qualified were "staffing" and "management support". None of those surveyed had notified any incidents in the unit. CONCLUSIONS: Amongst the MIR surveyed there is a lack of knowledge about the channels for notifying adverse events, as well as a training deficiency in safety culture. This should be strengthened in the training of specialists in Family and Community Medicine.