… medical interns to correctly diagnose dizziness. … Kotwal S, Fanai M, Fu W, et al. Real-world virtual patient simulation to …

… cause  harm  to patients. … Morgan DJ, Dhruva SS, Coon ER, Wright SM, Korenstein D. 2019 Update on Medical Overuse: A …

Nearly 1 in 7 internal medicine residents reported being the victim of bullying during training. Of these, many described burnout as the most common consequence. Bullying is one example of disruptive and unprofessional behaviors that are known to affect patient safety.

Long work hours and fatigue among health care workers can adversely impact patient safety. In 2011, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education made changes to resident duty hours, but research on the effect of those reforms on resident wellness and patient safety remains somewhat inconclusive. In this retrospective observational study, researchers examined the impact of the 2011 duty hour reforms on patient mortality, length of stay, and cost using data on patients hospitalized in the 2-year periods before and after the work hour changes were implemented. Nonteaching hospitals served as the control group. They found no difference in mortality or length of stay but did find that cost associated with hospitalization decreased slightly at teaching hospitals after the 2011 changes. A past PSNet interview discussed the effect of less restrictive duty hours on patients and residents.

… measure combining these two constructs. … Chatterjee S; Desai S; Manesh R; Junfeng S; Nundy S; Wright SM. … S. … S. … R. … S. … S. … SM … Chatterjee … Desai …

This cohort study of elderly patients discharged from the medical service at a teaching hospital found that, on average, patients had two new medications started at discharge, and among their chronic medications had one discontinued and one dosage changed. However, 3 days after discharge, patients had reverted to taking their chronic medications as previously prescribed and had discontinued taking a significant proportion of new medications. This study highlights the practical challenges inherent in the medication reconciliation process.

This review analyzed how teamwork training is incorporated into medical education and found that curricula may be more effective when they incorporate specific additional teamwork principles.

… describe how they redesigned morbidity and mortality (M&M) conferences at their hospital to include a focus on …