Education for the next frontier in patient safety: a longitudinal resident curriculum on diagnostic error.

Emily Ruedinger; Maren Olson; Justin Yee; Emily Borman-Shoap; Andrew Olson

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Education for the next frontier in patient safety: a longitudinal resident curriculum on diagnostic error.

January 11, 2017

Ruedinger E, Olson M, Yee J, et al. Am J Med Qual. 2017;32(6):625-631.

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Diagnostic error has yet to be formally integrated into graduate medical education. This commentary describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of a resident curriculum on diagnostic errors that explored medical decision making, critical thinking skills, and how to provide feedback and support for second victims.

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