Evaluation about clinical risk knowledge in Italian medicine students: How to implement the concept of healthcare quality among future doctors

The aim of the study is to offer to all the future health providers an opportunity of education in the specific field of patient's safety and clinical risk management. The study develops a complete picture of the knowledge of a whole class of future physicians about clinical risk theme, involved 1228 students of a medicine course. We elaborated a survey (18 explorative questions) that evaluated the levels about basic concepts in clinical risk management and investigated the future doctors' opinion about the use of these instruments. The results emphasize a deep delay compared to international standards about basic notions. We propose as future target both monitoring the notional trend about investigated themes of the survey and sensitizing the future health operators and decision makers about basic clinical risk concepts. Moreover, we try to give the timing of fundamental steps to improve the awareness and the management of Clinical Risk.