Female residents experiencing medical errors in general internal medicine: A qualitative study

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Mankaka, Cindy Ottiger ^a   Waeber, Gérard ^b   Gachoud, David ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Gender; Internal medicine; Medical education; Medical errors; Patient safety; Qualitative research

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERVIEW; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT SAFETY; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; STANDARDS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84904387977     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-140     Document Type: Article

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