Trainees Experiences Disclosing Medical Errors to Patients

What is it about?

In 2003, the authors carried out a cross-sectional survey of 629 medical students at two U.S. academic health centers to assess their attitudes and experiences regarding medical error disclosure to patients.

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Why is it important?

Although many trainees had disclosed errors to patients, only a minority had been formally prepared to do so. Formal disclosure curricula, coupled with supervised practice, are necessary to prepare trainees to independently disclose errors to patients by the end of their training.