What’s the one biggest mistake that you made as a student or an intern during clinical rotations which you think you’ll never forget?
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A saw a toddler dying of severe dehydration because no one could get an intra osseous (after failed IV attempts). This was in a Delhi hospital. That baby should not have died but for…
#Dehydration
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That one unforgettable error when I realised that we have to know about academic knowledge with a good practice
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Government should introduce More awareness programmes related to dehydration.As doctor we should tell the people about prevention involves adequate hydration,balanced electrolytes,and Lifestyle adjustment like Dehydration occurs when the body loses more fluids than it takes in, leading to an imbalance of electrolytes.
#Dehydration
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An unforgettable error i done during my internship as a dentist it was my first day of my internship in oral and maxillofacial department i was given patient to extract one of his tooth .
I filled my syringe with local anesthesia then i was about to give LA to patient i just put syringe needle in patient mouth then one of my PG senior came for question and i got nervous and i turned to answer with naked syringe in my hand and that got hit in his arm i removed it fast that first day experience i never forget and after that i never keep syringe needle naked if i am not using that
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For me that one unforgettable error is giving not much attention to academics as it deserves or required.
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There was a street dog whose body had worms, and I poured a bottle of phenyl on him thinking that the worms on his body would die and he would get better. But because of that phenyl, he died. Later, when I told the doctor that I had poured phenyl on him, the doctor said that you clean his body with warm water. After that I felt regret.
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My unfrogettable error is that I made a huge blunder on my M. pharm thesis. It tooke me a very long time to correct it.
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My unforgettable error is i got selected for clinical trails associative due to certain issues i cant able to join
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To be honest, I have not done any clinical job. So I do not have such kind of experience.
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I think internship is the time to make mistakes and learn from it . Everyone is doing all the clinical procedures , different cannulations ,making diagnosis and many more thing for the first time, there is more possibilities of making mistake .But a good senior , professor , colleague and supporting nursing staff makes a big difference in interns learning curve and confidence .
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During my clinical rotations of pediatrics … I have seen a case of gastritis and was being treated for another disease… and since the medication were wrongly given, the condition got worsen …
Luckily the patient was cured after a month but I would never forget that experience.
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In field of medical there should be no error or atleast try not to blunder a bit also , i don’t remember the error I did which I can’t forget but they are some which was hard to forget
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Tiny Error!
During my internship, I was asked to scrub in for assisting a surgery. I started scrubbing my hands for 5 minutes, and then directly pressed the door button to enter the OT. My senior resident caught me red-handed and asked me to scrub again. Whenever I pass by the OT, this memory reminds me of a valuable lesson.
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Mistakes stick with us especially in healthcare, where lives are involved. I once mixed up two similarly named meds during a simulation, and just knowing how easily it could happen made me double-check everything ever since. It’s painful in the moment, but those errors teach us better habits and keep patients safe.
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As a clinical pharmacy intern, I once delayed pointing out a possible drug interaction, thinking seniors knew better. Later, it turned out I was right. In that moment, I learned that silence can cost safety. Since then, I try and be vocal about my concerns, even if unsure.
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An error or a mistake are probably the most dreadful words for a doctor. As this error could amount to a person losing their life and that would be devastating for everyone involved.
I have been told that internship is the place to make errors and learn from it. However, these mistakes tend to stick with you forever.
This was around August last year during the wee hours of Monday. I have been on duty for the night and I was wrapping up my work when a young patient walked in with a female who was unconscious behind him.
He said there’s been an accident and she hasn’t responded since. Everyone in the emergency room knew the young girl had passed away and there was nothing we could do to revive her now. But the young man was persistent. And when I broke the news to him, he broke down and said it would have helped if I had tried resuscitating her initially even if we thought it would be unsuccessful.
It struck a chord for me. We are valuable for our family and friends. We would not want to give up on them. Since then, I have made a promise to myself that when I have sad news to deliver to the patient’s loved ones. I would tell them every detail about the efforts we have put in to help them come to terms with their grief.
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One mistake I’ll never forget during my internship was hesitating to ask questions. I felt shy and worried that my doubts might sound silly, so I stayed quiet even when I didn’t fully understand something. Later, I realized that asking questions is how we grow and learn. That hesitation cost me a few learning moments I could’ve gained from seniors. Now I remind myself curiosity is not weakness, it’s strength. Every student deserves space to learn without fear.
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I still remember the day I delayed my ward rounds by an hour due to sheer laziness. To some, 60 minutes may seem small, but that delay caused a missed medication and a major hypotensive attack in a patient. I constantly ask myself why did I delay? What if it went unmanaged? There are many what ifs, but one thing is clear healthcare is serious, and every minute counts.
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The one unforgettable error I did was in my 3rd year pre-clinics. We had just entered the clinical settings and even after practicing on models and everything stress was high when we had to treat patient.
I had a patient with dental caries, he had no pain and I failed to ask him if he had sensitivity. I set up everything and started cavity prepration but due to sudden sensitivity he moved his tongue which caught onto bur and it started bleeding. It wasn’t any major injury but seeing patient bleed because of my error and my lack of information about patient complaint was a lesson learnt.
From that day onwards, I made it a point to ask every patient in detail about the main concern and related questions even if it took 30 mins before starting any procedure. When I started worked as professional also I made sure I passed that on to interns in our hospital.
Everyone makes errors but whether you improve yourself after knowing them or not that’s what matters.
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