Learning from errors and resilience.

Daniel Arnal-Velasco; Violeta Heras-Hernando

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Learning from errors and resilience.

May 24, 2023

Arnal-Velasco D, Heras-Hernando V. Curr Opin Anaesthesiol. 2023;36(3):376-381.

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The Safety II framework and organizational resilience both focus on what goes right in healthcare and adjusting to disturbances through anticipation, monitoring, responding, and learning. This narrative review highlights recent research conducted within a Safety II and resilience framework such as Learning from Excellence and debriefing "what went right" after simulation training. The authors suggest learning from errors or what goes right should be reframed simply as learning.

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