Clinical supervisors: are they the key to making care safer?

Merrilyn Walton; Bruce Barraclough

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Clinical supervisors: are they the key to making care safer?

July 22, 2013

Walton M, Barraclough B. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22(8):609-12.

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This commentary discusses the need to educate clinical supervisors on patient safety competencies to ensure trainees observe and develop safety knowledge and behaviors.

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