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Fear Not: Utilizing Simulation for Medical Malpractice Education.
Hughes, Kate E; Cahir, Thomas M; Nordlund, Diana; Keim, Samuel M; Hughes, Patrick G.
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  • Hughes KE; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA.
  • Cahir TM; University of Arizona Health Sciences, Tucson, AZ, USA.
  • Nordlund D; Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Grand Rapids, MI, USA.
  • Keim SM; Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, AZ, USA.
  • Hughes PG; Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
J Med Educ Curric Dev ; 9: 23821205221096269, 2022.
Article en En | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-35493963
INTRODUCTION: Medical malpractice payouts across specialties totaled over $4.03 billion USD in 2019. It is estimated that over 72% of Emergency Medicine (EM) physicians will be involved in a medical malpractice lawsuit by age 55. The majority of EM residencies do not include adequate education on medicolegal risk mitigation and litigation. The purpose of the study is implementation of an innovative interprofessional simulation to target this education gap. METHODS: An anonymous pre- and post-survey was distributed to participating EM providers electronically. The surveys evaluated baseline medicolegal knowledge, self-rated deposition comfort and concern regarding malpractice litigation. The simulation event involved an interactive lecture on basic tenets of medical malpractice and state legal statutes from medicolegal experts. Resident physician volunteers acted as defendant physicians during simulated depositions using a redacted, closed malpractice case. RESULTS: Eighty EM providers attended the event over two days. All attendees completed the pre-survey (80/80), and 66.3% (53/80) completed the post-survey. The majority incorrectly answered 4 of 5 medicolegal questions. The mean comfort level regarding being deposed is 1.53 ± 0.94 on a 1-5 Likert scale (extremely uncomfortable to extremely comfortable); the mean level of concern/fear of malpractice litigation is 3.38 ± 0.95 on a 1-5 Likert scale (not at all to extremely concerned). There was a statistically significant increase in deposition comfort level post-event (1.83, P < .01). CONCLUSION: The majority of EM physicians are inexperienced and concerned regarding litigation. After participating in an educational event and observing a simulated deposition, physicians reported an increased comfort level regarding being deposed in the future.
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Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: J Med Educ Curric Dev Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos

Texto completo: 1 Colección: 01-internacional Base de datos: MEDLINE Idioma: En Revista: J Med Educ Curric Dev Año: 2022 Tipo del documento: Article País de afiliación: Estados Unidos Pais de publicación: Estados Unidos