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Question number | Item | 1 α=0.422 | 2 α=0.673 | 3 α=0.591 | 4 α=0.533 | 5 α=598 | Cronbachs α if item deleted |
Q7 | Learning how to improve patient safety is an appropriate use of time in pharmacy programmes at university | 0.62 | 0.22 | ||||
Q3 | Pharmacists should routinely spend part of their professional time working to improve patient care | 0.48 | 0.32 | ||||
Q23 | Peer-led education, such as from pharmacist colleagues or fellow students can help my understanding of patient safety concepts | 0.47 | 0.28 | ||||
Q19 | The care that we provide on a day-to-day basis could be improved | 0.47 | 0.37 | ||||
Q5 | Patients have a role to play in their own safety | 0.38 | 0.34 | ||||
Q18 | After an error occurs, an effective strategy is to work hard to be more careful | −0.26 | 0.63 | ||||
Q22 | Patient safety education requires university lecturers to teach patient safety concepts | −0.78 | 0.40 | ||||
Q8 | Healthcare professionals, including pharmacy staff, routinely share information about errors and what caused them | 0.76 | 0.54 | ||||
Q6 | The culture of the pharmacy workplace makes it easy for pharmacy staff to deal constructively with errors | 0.40 | 0.74 | ||||
Q16 | If I saw an error that DID NOT cause harm, I would keep it to myself | 0.86 | 0.37 | ||||
Q15 | If I saw an error that DID cause harm, I would keep it to myself | 0.48 | 0.49 | ||||
Q14 | If there is no harm to a patient, there is no need to address an error | 0.42 | 0.58 | ||||
Q10 | Pharmacists should report errors to an affected patient and their family if harm to the patient has occurred | 0.97 | – | ||||
Q11 | Pharmacists should discuss and report errors to an affected patient and their family even if the patient is NOT harmed | 0.38 | – | ||||
Q21 | It is acceptable for a registered pharmacist to question the decisions of a prescriber (such as a doctor or nurse practitioner) | 0.97 | – | ||||
Q20 | It is acceptable for an intern pharmacist to question the actions of a registered pharmacist | 0.34 | 0.36 | – |
Note that values less than 0.25 suppressed. EFA, exploratory factor analysis.