[Treatment Safety and Risk Management in Medicine Taught in Medical Schools in Israel, Compared to the U.S.]

Patient safety and risk management are essential components of medical training. This article reviews the incorporation of courses on these topics in medical schools in the United States (U.S.) and compares it to the situation in Israel. A review of the literature and official curricula reveals that in recent years U.S. medical schools have significantly expanded the integration of patient safety and risk management in medicine into undergraduate medical education. Many programs now include structured training in safety across all years of medical school, utilizing workshops, simulations, and improvement projects. In contrast, Israeli medical schools show variable engagement: some have introduced mandatory dedicated, short, and partial courses (e.g., at the Hebrew University and Ben-Gurion University), while others rely on integrated workshops within the clinical fields, which do not appear in the MD curriculum. There are also differences in the depth of assimilation, the placement of the content in the curriculum, and its integration with clinical training. The study of treatment safety and risk management in medicine should be regulated in the training of doctors in Israel, similar to the advanced models in the United States.