Week Eight Online Challenge

"Nobody's Perfect!"

So goes the saying to console friends and colleagues when we fall short of goals or expectations. Personally, I have the feeling that in medicine, not being perfect isn't good enough. For this week's challenge, we're inviting you to do one of two things:

1. Write an account of a mistake you made or observed in a clinical setting. You may simply describe the mistake or reflect upon it by listing implications, detailing feelings or citing the ethical principles at stake.
2. Answer this question: What is different about mistakes made by health care providers that makes us uncomfortable to admit to them?

My contribution requires you to go to a different website. Last July, I made a mistake in the ED that was an amazing learning experience. Read it here then find your way back to post your own comment.