The effect of surgical complications on ENT trainees
- Resource Type
- Authors
- O McLaren; C Perkins; D Alderson
- Source
- The Journal of laryngology and otology. 135(4)
- Subject
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Students, Medical
Professional practice
030230 surgery
03 medical and health sciences
Patient safety
Otolaryngology
0302 clinical medicine
Postoperative Complications
Surveys and Questionnaires
Medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Health professionals
Medical Errors
business.industry
General Medicine
Second victim
Middle Aged
Surgical training
United Kingdom
Otorhinolaryngologic Surgical Procedures
Otorhinolaryngology
Family medicine
Female
business
- Language
- ISSN
- 1748-5460
0022-2151
BackgroundThe ‘second victim phenomenon’ is a term attributed to the traumatic effect a medical error can have on healthcare professionals. Patient safety incidents have been shown to occur in as many as one in seven patients in hospital. These incidents cause significant, potentially devastating, trauma to patients and their relatives, and can have deep and long-lasting effects on the health professionals involved. These incidents can have a negative impact on doctors’ emotional wellbeing; their professional practice in relation to this impact has not been extensively investigated in surgical trainees.MethodA survey of UK otolaryngology trainees was conducted to investigate the effects of complications and medical errors on trainees, and examine how these are discussed within departments.Results and conclusionThe findings suggest that further training is required and would be warmly received by otolaryngology trainees as part of higher surgical training.