Factors influencing preceptors' responses to medical errors: a factorial survey.

Kathleen M Mazor; Melissa Fischer; Heather-Lyn Haley; David Hatem; Jane Rogers; Mark Quirk

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Factors influencing preceptors' responses to medical errors: a factorial survey.

October 19, 2005

Mazor KM, Fischer M, Haley H-L, et al. Acad Med. 2005;80(10 Suppl):S88-92.

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Investigators identified trainee characteristics that impact preceptor responses to mistakes. These characteristics include status, experience with error, level of knowledge, receptivity to feedback, emotional response to the incident, excuses for the error, and offers to apologize.

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