Medical morbidity and mortality conferences: past, present and future. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Medical morbidity and mortality conferences: past, present and future. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Review
 
• Published November 2016

Medical morbidity and mortality conferences: past, present and future.

George J. Postgrad Med J. 2016 Nov 21; [Epub ahead of print].

Morbidity and mortality (M&M) conferences were traditionally promoted as a strategy to learn from adverse events. This review explores the history of M&M conferences in medicine, including their use in identifying medical errors and their educational benefits. The author explains why M&M conferences that are multidisciplinary in nature and embody a blame-free approach to learning are likely to be more successful for the learner and for the organization supporting the program.

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