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The murderer in the mirror (2 min read) A surgeon's reflection on the death of his patient.

Contributor: Francesca CiminoNovember 26, 2018Topics: Death&Dying / Mistakes / Perspective / Provider-Patient Relationship / ReactionKeywords: death / mistake / reaction / resilience / suffering

Shame, guilt, and the medical learner Shame and guilt are subjective emotional responses that occur in response to negative events such as the making of mistakes or an experience of mistreatment, and have been studied extensively in the field of psychology. Despite their potentially damaging effects and ubiquitous presence in everyday life, very little has been written about the impact of shame and guilt in medical education.

Contributor: Francesca CiminoOctober 1, 2018Topics: Distraction/Mindfulness / Empathy&Sympathy / Guilt & Shame / Perspective / Resilience / VulnerabilityKeywords: error / Guilt / mistake / perfectionism / shame

When Girls Won't Be Girls A look at the world of transgender individuals and of someone who transitioned...and then transitioned back.

Contributor: Francesca CiminoSeptember 25, 2017Topics: Perspective / Reaction / Resilience / SexualityKeywords: lesbian / mistake / transgender

My near miss A doctor relays a close call with a patient's diagnosis...the "near miss" - a mistake that could have cost the patient serious harm, but didn't.

Contributor: Francesca CiminoAugust 1, 2017Topics: Communication / Guilt & Shame / Perspective / Provider-Patient Relationship / Transition from Resident to AttendingKeywords: mistake

Missed It A comic depiction of a doctor who is still haunted by a mistake he made as an intern that cost a patient his life.

Contributor: Araina FordMarch 8, 2017Topics: Guilt & Shame / MistakesKeywords: mistake / mistakes

Transparency, Compassion, and Truth in Medical Errors Leilani Schweitzer's son died by fault of medical error - she talks of the importance of transparency, truth, and compassion in medicine.

Contributor: Karlen BaderMarch 28, 2016Topics: MistakesKeywords: compassion / error / mistake / transparency

Improving Diagnosis in Healthcare - Patient Narratives Three narratives about diagnostic error and mistakes in healthcare...and how they might be avoided in the future.

Contributor: Adam SapersteinOctober 12, 2015Topics: MistakesKeywords: communication / error / mistake / patient

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Improving Diagnosis in Healthcare - Institutes of Medicine Simple patient-centric tools for reducing diagnostic errors through better communication.

Contributor: Adam SapersteinOctober 12, 2015Topics: MistakesKeywords: diagnosis / error / mistake

Failure and Rescue by Atul Gawande The difference between good and great healthcare is not fewer mistakes, it is more rescues.

Contributor: AdminJanuary 19, 2015Topics: UncertaintyKeywords: catastrophe / complex / complicat / error / failure / future / geriatric / Holocaust / humility / mistake / rescue / risk / surgery / uncertain

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