Medical students and interns poorly identified pressure ulcer risk in a patient-safety simulation¶

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Currency · newest study 2025 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person · recheck by 2030: baselines and conditions change

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q2 i? In Farnan et al.'s simulated hospital room, only 5% of medical students and 0% of interns correctly identified the pressure ulcer risk hazard. → Reiter Manuel 2025

Evidence¶

Reiter Manuel 2025¶

Reiter Manuel, Busch Dorothee, Erfurt‐Berge Cornelia. (2025). Educational Interventions for Medical Students in Chronic Wound Care—A Scoping Review. International Wound Journal. https://doi.org/10.1111/iwj.70760

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The review reports, from Farnan et al.'s 30-minute mandatory 'room of horrors' simulation with a mannequin patient and nine safety hazards, that pressure ulcer risk "was the hazard that was recognised the least," identified by only 5% of medical students and 0% of interns.

"Out of nine patient safety hazards the pressure ulcer risk was the hazard that was recognised the least. Only 5% of the medical students and 0% of the interns properly identified pressure ulcer risk."

Discussion¶

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