Role-modeling and medical error disclosure: A national survey of trainees

Academic Medicine

Volumn 89, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 482-489

  Martinez, William ^a   Hickson, Gerald B ^a   Miller, Bonnie M ^a   Doukas, David J ^b   Buckley, John D ^c   Song, John ^d   Sehgal, Niraj L ^e   Deitz, Jennifer ^f   Braddock, Clarence H ^g   Lehmann, Lisa Soleymani ^h  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

^c University School of Medicine   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^h BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICS;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DISCLOSURE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84894659690     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000156     Document Type: Article

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