Table 3 Frequencies (n) and percentages (%) for responses to medical education questions (n = 151)
From: Diagnostic errors in Dentistry, opinions of egyptian dental teaching staff, a cross-sectional study
Medical education | n | % |
|---|---|---|
Do you believe that medical education methodology is one of the factors that leads to diagnostic errors in dentistry? | ||
Yes | 92 | 60.9 |
No | 22 | 14.6 |
Don’t know | 37 | 24.5 |
What are the possible causes of the diagnostic errors that you see in your clinical practice? | ||
Lack of resources required for proper diagnosis Lack of post-graduate training Misconduct in medical education methods for the undergraduate students Other | 56 | 37.1 |
82 | 54.3 | |
60 | 39.7 | |
6 | 4 | |
Among the possible causes you chose, please specify the most common causes: | ||
Top cause: Misconduct in medical education methods | 58 | 38.4 |
s commonly seen: Lack of post-graduate training | 74 | 49 |
Third commonly seen: Lack of resources | 75 | 49.7 |
Who is responsible for the error, please specify the percentage: | ||
Myself (n = 109) | ||
< 20% | 88 | 80.7 |
20–40% | 20 | 18.3 |
40–60% | 1 | 0.9 |
> 60% | 0 | 0 |
Other (n = 136) | ||
< 20% | 35 | 25.7 |
20–40% | 63 | 46.3 |
40–60% | 24 | 17.6 |
> 60% | 14 | 10.3 |
How serious was the clinical impact of the diagnostic errors? No impact Minor (patient inconvenience, dissatisfaction) Moderate (short-term morbidity, higher level of care, invasive procedure Major (death, permanent disability, or near life-threatening event) | ||
7 | 4.6 | |
57 | 37.7 | |
80 | 53 | |
7 | 4.6 |