Residents' responses to medical error: coping, learning, and change.

Kirsten G Engel; Marilynn Rosenthal; Kathleen Sutcliffe

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Residents' responses to medical error: coping, learning, and change.

January 11, 2006

Engel KG, Rosenthal M, Sutcliffe K. Acad Med. 2006;81(1):86-93.

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The authors interviewed residents and found that their ability to cope with adverse incidents relied on opportunities to learn from the experience and discuss the incident with colleagues and supervisors.

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