Pediatric Residents’ Perceived Barriers and Drivers to Event Reporting: A Qualitative Study

• DOI: 10.1542/peds.141.1ma2.155b
• Publication Date: 2023-03-01T23:16:15Z
• Authors: John Szymusiak; Thomas Walk; Maggie Benson; Megan Hamm; Susan Zickmund; Alda Maria Gonzaga; Gregory Bump
• Keywords: 03 medical and health sciences; 0302 clinical medicine; 3. Good health

Purpose: Event reporting is an important tool by which a health care system can recognize what types of errors are occurring and identify ways to improve patient safety. However, national reporting data show that a minority of event reports are made by physicians. Patient safety experts have targeted low physician reporting as an area for improvement on both national and local levels. At academic centers, residents are on the front lines of patient care, yet little is known about their event reporting behaviors and attitudes. Studies of attending physicians …