Errors as allies: error management training in health professions education.

Aimee King; Michael G Holder; Rami A Ahmed

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Errors as allies: error management training in health professions education.

January 23, 2013

King A, Holder MG, Ahmed RA. BMJ Qual Saf. 2013;22(6):516-9.

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This commentary describes how integrating error into education and simulation programs can help prepare trainees to learn and recover from errors.

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