Role-modeling and medical error disclosure: a national survey of trainees

William Martinez1, Gerald B Hickson, Bonnie M Miller

  • 1Dr. Martinez is assistant professor of medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Hickson is senior vice president for quality, safety, and risk prevention, assistant vice chancellor for health affairs, Joseph C. Ross Chair for Medical Education and Administration, and professor of pediatrics, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Miller is senior associate dean for health sciences education and professor of medical education and administration, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee. Dr. Doukas is William Ray Moore Endowed Chair of Family Medicine and Medical Humanism and professor of family and geriatric medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky. Dr. Buckley is associate professor of clinical medicine and vice chair for quality improvement and patient safety, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr. Song is director of graduate studies, Center for Bioethics, and associate professor, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Dr. Sehgal is associate professor and associate chair for quality and safety, Department of Medicine, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California. Ms. Deitz is managing director of evaluation, Office of Medical Education, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California. Dr. Braddock is professor of medicine, and vice dean for education, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California. Dr. Lehmann is director, Center for Bioethics, Brigham and Women's Hospital, and associate professor of medicine and medical ethics, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.

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