Depressed Trainee Doctors Make More Medication Errors Than Non-Depressed Colleagues

In a recent US study published in the British BMJand available on bmj.com,researchers found that depressed doctors in training are more than sixtimes as likely to make medication errors as their non-depressedcolleagues.Studies have shown that doctors in training, or residents, are highlylikely to develop depression and burnout.

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Filed under: Depression on February 12th, 2008