Patients and families as teachers: a collaborative learning model for medical error disclosure and prevention

"An educational paradigm that includes patients as teachers and collaborative learners with clinicians in patient safety is feasible, valued by clinicians and P/F and promising for P/F-centred medical error disclosure and prevention training."

Patients and families as teachers: a mixed methods assessment of a collaborative learning model for medical error disclosure and prevention
T Langer, W Martinez, DM Browning, P Varrin, B Sarnoff Lee, SK Bell
BMJ Quality and Safety 2016;25:615-625 doi:10.1136/bmjqs-2015-004292

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Exploring patterns of error in acute care using framework analysis

"In order to improve the management of acutely unwell patients by junior doctors, medical educators must understand the causes of common errors. Adequate knowledge alone does not ensure prompt and appropriate management and referral."

Exploring patterns of error in acute care using framework analysis
VR Tallentire, SE Smith, J Skinner, HS Cameron
BMC Medical Education 2015, 15:3 doi:10.1186/s12909-015-0285-6

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Female residents experiencing medical errors in general internal medicine

"After having experienced a medical error, the female residents in our study report a high level of emotional distress. This takes place within a professional culture that has a long way to go before errors can be addressed openly and constructively."

Female residents experiencing medical errors in general internal medicine: a qualitative study
CO Mankaka, G Waeber, D Gachoud
BMC Medical Education 2014, 14:140

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Unlocking the power of information

"Part of the Smart Guides to Engagement series, this guide helps clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and service providers understand how information is the foundation for effective engagement with patients so that they can become partners in decision-making about their own health and care."

Smart guides to engagement: Unlocking the power of information
M Duman
NHS Networks
December 2013

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Quality improvement programme, focusing on error reduction

"When monitored as part of a quality improvement strategy, ‘missed’ and ‘uncharted’ drug dose information may reflect wider institutional changes and act as a valid indicator of quality of healthcare more generally."

Quality improvement programme, focusing on error reduction: a single center naturalistic study
D Rosser, NJ Cowley, D Ray, PG Nightingale, T Jones, J Moore, JJ Coleman
Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine Short Reports, 2012, 3(6):36-42

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Reducing prescribing errors

"The scan provides a rapid collation of empirical research about initiatives to reduce prescribing errors."

Evidence scan: reducing prescribing errors
Health Foundation
March 2012

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