Trainees' perceptions of being allowed to fail in clinical training: a sense-making model.

Jennifer M. Klasen; Pim W. Teunissen; Erik Driessen; Lorelei A. Lingard

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Trainees' perceptions of being allowed to fail in clinical training: a sense-making model.

December 14, 2022

Klasen JM, Teunissen PW, Driessen E, et al. Med Educ. 2023;57(5):430-439.

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Learning to recover after a medical error is an important component of medical training. This qualitative study, which included postgraduate trainees from Europe and Canada, concluded that failure represents a valuable learning opportunity, but noted the importance of perceived intentions if trainees judge that their supervisors have allowed them to fail.

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