Stop the Blame Game: Restructuring Morbidity and Mortality Conferences to Teach Patient Safety and Quality Improvement to Residents.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Adverse events leading to patient harm are rarely the result of an individual error but are instead due to a series of errors resulting from system breakdowns. Thus, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education requires all residents to participate in quality improvement and patient safety programs. However, a major reported obstacle to sustainable quality improvement and patient safety curricula, as well as meaningful practice improvement, is the small number of faculty with expertise or training in these topics.

Methods

This workshop provides a simple framework for redesigning traditional morbidity and mortality conferences for faculty who have minimal quality improvement training. The materials associated with this publication include a standardiz

SUBMITTER: Walker M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6464420 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature