From Healer to Harmer: Preparing Senior Medical Students for Patient Harm Events in a Transition-to-Residency Course.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

A physician's first patient harm event oftentimes occurs during the intern year. Residents encounter and are responsible for medical errors, yet little training is offered in how to properly cope with these events. Earlier and more in-depth education about how to process patient harm events is needed.

Methods

We developed a 110-minute workshop focused on coping strategies for patient harm events and delivered it to a cohort of fourth-year medical students during a transition-to-residency course just before graduation. The workshop emphasized interns' increasing exposure to medical errors, how to personally process them, and how to debrief near-peers in processing them.

Results

A total of 190 students participated in the workshop. Our survey response rate

SUBMITTER: Grant C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11669734 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature