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Do House Officers Learn From Their Mistakes?

Authors :
Wu, Albert W.
Folkman, Susan
McPhee, Stephen J.
Lo, Bernard
Source :
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association. 4/24/91, Vol. 265 Issue 16, p2089. 6p. 6 Charts.
Publication Year :
1991

Abstract

Presents a study that examined the mistakes reported by internal medicine house officers at their academic training programs in the U.S. Types of mistakes and outcomes of the mistakes; Causes of the medical errors; Effect of the changes in practice on the incidence of medical mistakes.

Subjects

Subjects :
*MEDICAL errors
*INTERNAL medicine
*MEDICAL practice
*MEDICAL personnel
*OCCUPATIONAL training

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00987484
Volume :
265
Issue :
16
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
JAMA: Journal of the American Medical Association
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
10338467
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1001/jama.1991.03460160067031
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