The Veterinary Student Survey on Patient Safety Culture (VSSPSC): A Quantitative and Qualitative Exploration of American Veterinary Students' Perceptions of Patient Safety Culture.

This article focuses on evaluating veterinary students' attitudes toward patient safety culture (PSC) in the United States using a newly developed survey, the Veterinary Student Survey on Patient Safety Culture (VSSPSC). The study identified four key factors shaping students' perceptions: belief in the importance of training, beliefs about human factors interventions and safety culture, reporting and discussing errors, and beliefs about what causes error. While most students reported receiving training in communication, fewer had formal education in error causation, teamwork, safety culture, or human factors, and responses revealed variability in comfort with error reporting. The findings suggest that enhanced and more uniform incorporation of PSC and human factors education in veterinary curricula may improve attitudes toward error reporting and ultimately promote safer patient care.