Education for culture of patient safety: Implications to professional training Educação para cultura da segurança do paciente: Implicações para a formação profissional Educación para la cultura de seguridad del paciente: Implicaciones para la formación

Objective: To know the strategies adopted for the construction of patient safety culture from the perspective of health professionals. Methods: A qualitative exploratory case study, held with 23 health professionals that work in a public teaching hospital, between August and December of 2010, conducted through semi-structured interviews and thematic analysis supported by QSR NVivo software. Results: From the analysis emerged two categories - Construction of patient safety culture; and Education for patient safety - which addressed from the health professionals’ perspective the need to learn from mistakes, the importance of teamwork, invest in continuing education and curriculum changes in training courses. Conclusion: The acknowledgement of mistakes, the strengthening of teamwork, stimulus to continuing education and cross integration of the theme in professional training are strategies to build patient safety culture.