Mistakes were made (by me). | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Mistakes were made (by me). | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published September 2017

Mistakes were made (by me).

Manesh R. JAMA Intern Med. 2017 Sep 5; [Epub ahead of print].

This commentary reviews three mistakes the author made while caring for patients and the different responses regarding disclosure of these errors from peers, patients, and mentors. The author advocates for openly sharing mistakes with others to serve as an opportunity to learn from errors.

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