Tag : medical errors

UNT Health Science Center and ArcheMedX Extend Collaboration To Improve Patient Safety

UNT Health Science Center and ArcheMedX today announced the development of a sustainable online curriculum of educational activities to address patient safety issues across the State of Texas and beyond. Charlottesville, VA -- August 23, 2016 -- (PRWeb) More than 250,000 Americans die annually from preventable medical errors, recent data suggest,

Posted on 23 Aug 2016
By Joel Selzer
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MANUSCRIPT: Transparency in medical error disclosure: the need for formal teaching in undergraduate medical education curriculum

As ‘practice makes perfect’, we believe that the incorporation of formal teaching of transparent medical error disclosure in medical curricula is greatly needed. Medical schools play central roles in cultivating the significance and developing the communication skills needed for proficient and effective medical error disclosure. Moreover, they play key roles