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Patient Safety Scenario #21: Black Box Thinking

This essay is the 21st installment of the monthly Patient Safety essays, produced by the Patient Safety Subcommittee of the Ethics and Professionalism Committee. The essays are written in the spirit of the aviation industry’s concept that every miss or near miss is a valuable lesson. To read earlier essays and learn how to contribute, please click […]

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Patient Safety Scenario #20: Mistakes are Everywhere

This essay is the 20th installment of the monthly Patient Safety essays, produced by the Patient Safety Subcommittee of the Ethics and Professionalism Committee. The essays are written in the spirit of the aviation industry’s concept that while the captain is the “captain of the ship”, everyone on the team needs to be on the lookout […]

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Patient Safety Scenario #19: Know Your Team

This essay is the 19th installment of the monthly Patient Safety essays, produced by the Patient Safety Subcommittee of the Ethics and Professionalism Committee. The essays are written in the spirit of the aviation industry’s “Black Box Thinking”: in order to inform and improve our medical safety record, we need to analyze our errors. To read […]

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Patient Safety Scenario #17: A Tale of Two Departments

This essay is the 17th installment of the monthly Patient Safety essays, produced by the Patient Safety Subcommittee of the Ethics and Professionalism Committee. The essays are written in the spirit of the aviation industry’s “Black Box Thinking”: in order to inform and improve our medical safety record, we need to analyze our errors. To read […]

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Patient Safety Scenario #14: Rocket Fuel

This essay is the fourteenth installment of the monthly Patient Safety essays, produced by the Patient Safety Subcommittee of the Ethics and Professionalism Committee. The essays are written in the spirit of the aviation industry’s “Black Box Thinking” in order to inform and improve our medical safety record. To read earlier essays and learn how to […]

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Patient Safety Scenario #13: Errors in the Timeout

This essay is the thirteenth installment of the monthly Patient Safety essays, produced by the Patient Safety Subcommittee of the Ethics and Professionalism Committee. The essays are written in the spirit of the aviation industry’s “Black Box Thinking” in order to inform and improve our medical safety record. To read earlier essays and learn how […]

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Patient Safety Scenario #12: CRM Means Listening to the Entire Team

Captain Rick Saber at the controls. He is a leader in the field of aviation safety and how “crew resource management” made aviation safer. This essay is the twelfth installment of the monthly Patient Safety essays, produced by the Patient Safety Subcommittee of the Ethics and Professionalism Committee. The essays are written in the spirit […]

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