Assessing residents' communication skills: disclosure of an adverse event to a standardized patient.

Glenn Posner; Amy Nakajima

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Assessing residents' communication skills: disclosure of an adverse event to a standardized patient.

April 27, 2011

Posner G, Nakajima A. J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2011;33(3):262-268.

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Formal teaching of error disclosure techniques improved obstetrics and gynecology residents' ability to fully disclose adverse events.

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