R. Al-Rashidi, Wathiq Naeem, Zaid Alsadoon, H. Alshaikhli, Rusul A Alsaray, M. Kadhim
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Background: Inadequate dedication has been given to patient safety education of health careprofessionals, resulting in limited understanding of the nature of risk in health care.Objectives: The aim of this study was to evaluate the personal knowledge, awareness and attitudestoward patient safety among the health professional students of Kut University College.Material and Methods: This was a cross-sectional analysis using a validated WHO (World HealthOrganization) questionnaire and the results were analyzed using IBM SPSS software.Results: Our data showed that the majority of our participants had a medium level of knowledge andawareness about health care errors and patient safety. Nevertheless, our participant’s attitude waspositive regarding reporting the error and learning from their mistakes.Conclusions: Reducing patient maltreatment will require long-term continuous efforts to build a goodeducation that can addresses the local difficulties and improves patient safety towards HIV.