Medical errors are a natural part of learning; they can occur even in experienced doctors.
The most important step is to acknowledge your medical error, but don’t let it overwhelm you.
Ways to handle error:-
- Understand what went wrong and how to improve.
- Seek guidance from mentors or supervisors.
- Open communication helps prevent future mistakes.
- Use errors as learning opportunities.
- Focus on patient safety and ethical responsibility moving forward.
- Transparency and honesty build trust with patients and colleagues.
- Don’t blame others for your mistakes.
- Keep a note to prevent future mistakes and errors.
No one is perfect, and mistakes help us learn
What was your experience when you made a medical error? And how did you deal with it??
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Made a dosing error during internship, caught it quickly, thankfully. Since then, I’ve made it a habit to always pause and double-check before prescribing.
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Made a mistake while practicing in dummies in Surgery class, well the teacher caught in time and by that time I was soaked in blood. Well made me aware to check always.
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No one is perfect, and mistakes help us learn…you are absolutely right. Being a second year student,not much clinical exposure but when I learn i.v. injection in menniquine then I made mistakes several times.
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That first mistake as a med student hit me hard. I basically just clung to my seniors, pouring over what went wrong,
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The experience was traumatizing. It made me less confident in myself.
But I always believed in the phrase “See one, do one, teach one.” It is still better to see many, do some under guidance, and teach as many as you can. You become better by teaching.
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I once misread a lab value during rounds. It shook me, but I admitted it, learned from my senior, and now double-check everything. That mistake truly sharpened my focus and accountability.
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