Medical students' experiences with medical errors: An analysis of medical student essays

Medical Education

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 733-741

  Martinez, William ^a,c   Lo, Bernard ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

*clinical clerkship; *medical errors; Ethics, medical *education; Humans; Stress, psychological etiology; Students, medical *psychology; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; HONESTY; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL ETHICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; UNCERTAINTY;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; DISCLOSURE; ETHICS, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MEDICAL ERRORS; MENTAL RECALL; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 44949172920     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03109.x     Document Type: Article

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