Teamwork in the time of COVID-19.

Strong and effective clinical teamwork has been shown to improve medical outcomes and reduce medical errors. Incorporating didactic and clinical activities into undergraduate medical education in which students work in teams will develop skills to prepare them to work in clinical teams as they advance through their education and careers. At the Yale School of Medicine, we foster the development of team skills in the classroom through team-based learning (TBL) and in clinical settings with the Interprofessional Longitudinal Clinical Experience (ILCE).

A case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease following cataract surgery: sporadic versus iatrogenic cause.

Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) is a fatal neurologic disorder caused by an infectious agent called a human prion protein. CJD can be classified as sporadic CJD, familial CJD, variant CJD, and iatrogenic CJD. We report a 64-year-old man diagnosed with CJD three months after cataract surgery.

Back to the basics.

The history and physical examination skills are being replaced by the tools of technology in establishing the actual cause of illness. We present a patient where the history and physical examination were essential in establishing the diagnosis. A 28-year-old female presented to the Emergency Department (ED) with an acute episode of epigastric pain radiating to the back associated with vomiting.

Reporting medical errors to improve patient safety: a survey of physicians in teaching hospitals.

Background: Collecting data on medical errors is essential for improving patient safety, but factors affecting error reporting by physicians are poorly understood.

Methods: Survey of faculty and resident physicians in the midwest, mid-Atlantic, and northeast regions of the United States to investigate reporting of actual errors, likelihood of reporting hypothetical errors, attitudes toward reporting errors, and demographic factors.

Results: Responses were received from 338 participants (response rate, 74.

Disclosing medical errors to patients: attitudes and practices of physicians and trainees.

Background: Disclosing errors to patients is an important part of patient care, but the prevalence of disclosure, and factors affecting it, are poorly understood.

Objective: To survey physicians and trainees about their practices and attitudes regarding error disclosure to patients.

Design And Participants: Survey of faculty physicians, resident physicians, and medical students in Midwest, Mid-Atlantic, and Northeast regions of the United States.