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Abstract

Baldwin et al conducted a ten-year study of a cohort of UK junior doctors and investigated the nature, frequency and cause of mistakes among them. Serious mistakes were attributed to ignorance and inexperience, which seems to suggest that more supervision is needed in the early years.

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Title
Junior doctors making mistakes
Author
Baldwin, P J; Dodd, M; Wrate, R M
Pages
804
Publication year
1998
Publication date
Mar 14, 1998
Publisher
Elsevier Limited
ISSN
01406736
e-ISSN
1474547X
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
199045992
Copyright
Copyright Lancet Ltd. Mar 14, 1998