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Table 1 Proportion of agreement for each question according to the professional status of MMC participants

From: Assessment of the contribution of morbidity and mortality conferences to quality and safety improvement: a survey of participants’ perceptions

 

Total N = 698a (%)

Senior physicians N = 395 (%)

Residents N = 158 (%)

Othersb N = 128 (%)

p

Perceived benefits

  Initial education

37.0

42.3

30.4

28.6

0.004

  Continuing education

42.4

50.0

31.0

35.1

<0.001

  Improvement of quality of care

61.9

66.8

51.3

67.2

0.002

  Improvement of patient safety

63.2

67.8

52.5

68.7

0.002

  Standardization of medical practices

45.2

47.8

27.8

60.8

<0.001

  Application of clinical guidelines

37.2

37.9

26.3

52.1

<0.001

  Improvement of functioning in the unit

47.7

50.8

35.0

55.1

0.001

  Improvement of teamwork

33.0

36.5

17.7

43.8

<0.001

  Improvement of relations between medical and paramedical teams

22.8

21.9

12.7

42.5

<0.001

  Improvement of safety culture

35.9

39.4

22.1

44.7

<0.001

  Discussion of collective errors

54.8

55.2

44.3

67.2

0.001

Functioning assessment

  Friendly environment

40.1

44.8

29.7

38.2

0.004

  Avoidance of blame

35.9

38.4

29.9

33.3

0.15

  Satisfactory conduct

34.1

40.4

24.4

37.6

0.002

Personal motivations

  Fulfillment of mandatory training requirement

12.2

12.7

12.3

9.9

0.78

  Social interactions

15.7

17.1

11.5

18.8

0.17

  Improve professional practices

71.6

75.9

58.0

69.0

<0.001

  Improve team practices

75.6

82.2

56.3

74.6

<0.001

  improve of functioning in the unit

66.1

72.3

50.6

68.5

<0.001

Areas for improvement

  Increasing the number of meetings

6.7

6.2

7.6

4.2

0.50

  Increasing the participation of senior physicians

22.6

24.0

15.4

22.0

0.10

  Increasing the participation of the unit head

16.2

18.1

10.8

17.8

0.10

  Increasing the participation of invited specialists

26.4

29.5

22.9

21.0

0.10

  Increasing the participation of paramedical professionals

31.9

31.0

21.5

42.6

0.001

  Improving the case selection method

16.4

17.1

12.8

12.9

0.36

  Improving the case analysis method

14.6

17.2

7.6

12.1

0.01

  1. a Includes 17 participants whose occupation was missing
  2. b Includes midwives, nurses, head nurses, and other paramedical professionals
  3. Agreement is defined as "totally agree" response