Many Errors By Medical Residents Caused By Teamwork Breakdowns, Lack Of Supervision

Physicians-in-training are highly vulnerable to making medical errors that stem from teamwork breakdowns, especially a lack of supervision by experienced staff, according to a new study funded by HHS’ Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Teamwork breakdowns involving medical residents, fellows and interns (first-year residents) also caused a significant number of errors to occur during patient handoffs, researchers found. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Medical Malpractice / Litigation on October 25th, 2007