Rates of medication errors among depressed and burnt out residents: prospective cohort study
BMJPublished 7 February 2008Open access
Amy M. Fahrenkopf, Theodore C. Sectish, Laura K. Barger, Paul J. Sharek, Daniel Lewin, Vincent W. Chiang
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Depressed residents made significantly more medical errors than their non-depressed peers; however, burnout did not seem to correlate with an increased rate of medical errors.
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Depression and burnout are major problems among residents in paediatrics. Depressed residents made significantly more medical errors than their non-depressed peers; however, burnout did not seem to correlate with an increased rate of medical errors.
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