Dental Students’ Awareness and Attitudes Towards Patients’ Safety Culture in Tertiary Care Dental Hospitals

Objective: Patient safety culture is a mature concept but new to dentistry and an important component enhance the quality of life. This study aims evaluate dental students' awareness attitudes toward patient in FMH College Dentistry, Lahore Pakistan. Methods: cross-sectional was conducted on 396 participants from different public (40)% private (60)% institutes Pakistan January 2022 December using attitude questionnaire (SAQ) having six domains: teamwork climate, job satisfaction, perception management, stress recognition, working conditions. Results: included 60.2% BDS 3rd year 39.8% 4th students tertiary care hospitals. Results showed highest mean (3.7015) level among satisfaction as were satisfied with their jobs, showing value 3.65. Comparison between sectors that climate (P 0.400) 0.445) have no difference remaining domains better sector. Conclusion: The positive response safety. Participants also high. In sector, work conditions much than But my Safety management slightly higher Keywords: safety, students, education, health, errors, dentistry, culture, educational methods, health services research