Allowing failure for educational purposes in postgraduate clinical training: a narrative review.

Jennifer M. Klasen; Lorelei A. Lingard

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Allowing failure for educational purposes in postgraduate clinical training: a narrative review.

July 24, 2019

Klasen JM, Lingard LA. Med Teach. 2019;41(11):1263-1269.

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Learning from failure is more appropriate in some contexts than others. This review examined the use of learning from failures in postgraduate medicine and found further research is needed to understand how this strategy affects patient safety and learner resilience.

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