Learning from mistakes: Factors that influence how students and residents learn from medical errors

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 419-423

  Fischer, Melissa A ^a,b   Mazor, Kathleen M ^a   Baril, Joann ^a   Alper, Eric ^b   DeMarco, Deborah ^b   Pugnaire, Michele ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

GME; Medical education; Medical errors; Teaching methods; UME

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONFLICT; EMOTION; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STUDENT; NEAR MISS; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT HARM; PATIENT SAFETY; RESIDENCY EDUCATION; RESIDENT; RESPONSIBILITY; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TEACHING; UNIVERSITY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; LEARNING; MEDICAL ERRORS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; SURGERY; TEACHING;

EID: 33745661428     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2006.00420.x     Document Type: Article

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