View the on-line video Disclosing Medical Errors to Patients: Recent Developments, Future Directions at the following site:
Then write up your responses to the following questions and submit.
1. How does Dr. Thomas Gallagher define “Adverse Event”?
2. Dr. Gallagher describes a gap between the number of medical personnel who disclose medical errors and the expectations of the public. What does Dr. Gallagher feel might contribute to this gap?
3. What factors were discussed which might influence medical error disclosures?
4. What impacts of disclosing medical errors have been reported in the two studies discussed in the lecture?
5. What opinions do nurses have about disclosing errors that Mary Hardy reported?
