Medical schools in the U. S. are revealed to unceasingly focus myopically on basic science and clinical knowledge, rather than training future doctors about patient safety, teamwork and ability to learn from their mistakes.

However, patient risk, in turn, swirls above as a menace, a new report from the Lucian Leape Institute at the National Patient Safety Foundation claimed.

Over the last decade, patient safety has emerged as a top priority in hospitals. Incorporating the lessons learned in high-risk industries like aviation and nuclear energy, medical centers across the country have begun promoting protocols, procedures and checklists to prevent health care errors as well.

Also, the study points that current doctors-in-training may still be reluctant to document errors. Last month, the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety posted that the majority of residents have never formed an incident report.

“Young doctors are being educated in a toxic culture,” said Dr. Lucian L. Leape, a leading patient safety expert at the Harvard School of Public Health who was chairman of the report’s committee.

In addition, he added that the current ambience is hierarchical, stressful for the individual, propelled by the fee-for-service payment system and posing humiliation for all of which works against improving patient safety.