Abstract：
BACKGROUND:Medical malpractice is a source of stress and cost to physicians. Little is known about how it impacts resident physicians. METHODS:We analyzed data from the Comparative Benchmarking System between 2007 and 2016. We also surveyed surgery residents at our institution regarding malpractice in training. RESULTS:4% of cases identified a resident physician and 32% involved a surgical specialty. Common allegations were "improper performance of surgery" and "improper management of surgical patient". 1 case attributed supervision as the major allegation but supervision was a contributing factor in 26% of cases. 18% of cases named a resident as a defendant. Most residents correctly answered that they can be defendants, agreed that a medico-legal curriculum is at least "moderately important", but had "poor" to "terrible" malpractice knowledge. CONCLUSIONS:A significant number of medical malpractice claims involve resident physicians as a responsible party. Though universally recognized as important, medico-legal training in surgical residency is often lacking.
journal_name
Am J Surgjournal_title
American journal of surgeryauthors
Zhao B,Cajas-Monson LC,Ramamoorthy Sdoi
10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.08.006subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2019-02-01 00:00:00pages
350-355issue
2eissn
0002-9610issn
1879-1883pii
S0002-9610(18)30639-1journal_volume
217pub_type
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更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2014-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/0002-9610(78)90095-8
更新日期：1978-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期：2009-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期：1980-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2005-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/s0002-9610(03)00283-6
更新日期：2003-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期：1998-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1997-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2004.06.014
更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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pub_type： 杂志文章
doi：10.1016/j.amjsurg.2018.08.024
更新日期：2019-07-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：1992-11-01 00:00:00
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更新日期：1977-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2003-04-01 00:00:00
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pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：1985-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2019-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title：American journal of surgery
pub_type： 杂志文章
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更新日期：2005-01-01 00:00:00
