Fear Not: Utilizing Simulation for Medical Malpractice Education.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Medical malpractice payouts across specialties totaled over $4.03 billion USD in 2019. It is estimated that over 72% of Emergency Medicine (EM) physicians will be involved in a medical malpractice lawsuit by age 55. The majority of EM residencies do not include adequate education on medicolegal risk mitigation and litigation. The purpose of the study is implementation of an innovative interprofessional simulation to target this education gap.

Methods

An anonymous pre- and post-survey was distributed to participating EM providers electronically. The surveys evaluated baseline medicolegal knowledge, self-rated deposition comfort and concern regarding malpractice litigation. The simulation event involved an interactive lecture on basic tenets of medical malpractice

SUBMITTER: Hughes KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9052229 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature