Abordagem sobre segurança do paciente entre docentes médicos de uma faculdade de medicina

Abstract

Introduction: The main purpose of this research is to analyze the understanding of patient safety with medical professors at Centro Universitário de João Pessoa - UNIPÊ. The relevance of this approach is due to its growing importance in improving the quality of care. Objectives: With the general objective, to analyze the understanding of patient safety among medical professors at Centro Universitário de João Pessoa - UNIPÊ. The specific objectives: to outline the sociodemographic profile of the research teaching physicians; evaluate the knowledge of teaching physicians about patient safety; verify adherence to safety protocols in care practice; evaluate the understanding of adverse events in healthcare. Methodology: The research was carried out at the Unipê where the medical course, located in the city of João Pessoa (PB), operates from February to March 2020. The population consisted of 100 medical professors. Data collection took place through an online questionnaire (Google forms), developed by the researchers and made available through a link by cell phone application. The data from the collection were analyzed by SPSS (Statistical Packaget for Social Science) version 18.0 using descriptive statistics (frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation). For possible correlations between the variables, the Chi-square test and the Student's t test were used, for continuous variables with normal distribution, the level of significance adopted was 5%. The analysis of the association between the variables was performed by the construction of matrices and independence tests or contingency tables, with the calculation of relative and absolute frequencies and application of hypothesis tests (T Test, Kruskal-Wallis or Mann-Whitney) and normality (Kolmogorov-Smirnov test), considering the significance level of α = 0.05. Results: The results also showed a strong correlation between Knowledge about patient safety, Adherence to protocols and the notification of Adverse Events. Thus, the more knowledge the professional has on the topic, the greater the adherence to the protocols and the greater the agreement on Adverse Event notifications and their discussion in the workplace. Conclusion: There is a need for additional studies to add information about the theme discussed here. For future studies it would be interesting to think about other aspects that involve patient safety with medical professors. This research also suggests that the expansion of patient safety update courses is valid.