Cultivating a Culture of Safety: Cleveland Clinic Akron General’s Patient Safety Curriculum for Residents

In this episode of MedEd Thread, we talk with Dr. Muhammad Husnain, Director of the Clinician Educator Track and Patient Safety Education at Cleveland Clinic Akron General; Dr. Patrick Gallegos, Clinical Pharmacy Specialist for Internal Medicine and Pharmacy Residency Programs; and Tammy Lindsay, Quality Improvement Safety Coordinator, about the development and early impact of Cleveland Clinic Akron General’s patient safety curriculum for internal medicine residents. They discuss how hands-on learning, interprofessional collaboration, root cause analysis and psychological safety are helping residents strengthen reporting practices, improve systems-based thinking and contribute to a stronger culture of safety. Tune in to learn how future physicians are being equipped to lead safer, higher-quality patient care.