Emergency Medicine Morbidity and Mortality Conference and Culture of Safety: The Resident Perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Morbidity and mortality conference (M&M) is common in emergency medicine (EM) and an Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requirement. We aimed to characterize the prevalence of elements of EM M&M conferences that foster a strong culture of safety.

Methods

Emergency medicine residents at 33 programs across the United States were surveyed using questions adapted from a previously tested survey of EM program directors and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Culture of Safety Survey.

Results

The survey response rate was 80.3% (1,002/1,248). A total of 60.3% (601/997) of residents had not submitted a case of theirs to M&M in the past year. A total of 7.6% (73/954) reported that issues raised at M&M always led to change w

SUBMITTER: Wittels K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6001737 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature