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  • Medical Education
  • Surgical Outcomes
  • Patient Safety

Background:

  • Surgical deaths necessitate standardized reporting in Australia.
  • Surgeon reports include a section for retrospective management reflection.
  • This study explores reflective learning from surgeon statements.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To analyze and categorize retrospective management changes suggested by surgeons after patient death.
  • To gain insights into the nature of reflective learning in surgical practice.

Main Methods:

  • Audit-based cross-sectional study of in-hospital deaths under general surgeons in Queensland, Australia (July 2007 - Dec 2016).
  • Quantitative and qualitative analysis of retrospective surgeon statements.
  • Involved 2575 surgeons' reports.

Main Results:

  • 18% (459) of surgeons indicated retrospective management changes.
  • 46% of these changes concerned operative decisions (decision to operate, procedure choice, timing).
  • 29% concerned non-operative clinical decisions; smaller proportions involved communication or care limits.

Conclusions:

  • A minority of surgeons provide retrospective management change suggestions post-patient death.
  • Reflective considerations predominantly focus on operative decision-making.
  • Understanding these reflections can inform surgical training and improve patient safety.