A 34-year-old emergency medicine resident is involved in a medication error that caused no lasting harm to a patient. According to the CanMEDS Profess...

Question

A 34-year-old emergency medicine resident is involved in a medication error that caused no lasting harm to a patient. According to the CanMEDS Professional role, what is the most appropriate immediate response?

Accepted Answer

Disclose the error to the patient, apologise, explain steps taken to prevent recurrence and inform the supervising team

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Conceal the error to avoid litigation

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Blame the nursing staff and document this

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Post about the case on social media without identifiers

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Ignore the incident as there was no harm

ca-mccqe1 MCQ (SBA): Medication error and professionalism

A 34-year-old emergency medicine resident is involved in a medication error that caused no lasting harm to a patient. According to the CanMEDS Professional role, what is the most appropriate immediate response?