Medical Error: Using Storytelling and Reflection to Impact Error Response Factors in Family Medicine Residents.

ABSTRACT: I am a healer, yet sometimes I do more harm than good…David Hilfiker, 1984.

Objectives

Medical error is common and significantly impacts patients, physicians, learners, and public perception of the medical system; however, residents receive little formal training on this topic. Research on error response in practicing physicians is limited, and even more so on medical education interventions to improve this. This study evaluates a curriculum developed to foster the sharing of faculty medical error stories, practice of constructive coping strategies, and growth in resident confidence in managing error.

Methods

Researchers identified factors related to effective physician error management and recovery to develop a targeted intervention for family medicine residents. The interve

SUBMITTER: Adkins S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11325321 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature