Guidelines call for healthcare organizations to provide emotional support for clinicians
involved in adverse events, but little is known about how these organizations seek to meet …

Objective: To identify the psychological repercussions of an error on professionals in
intensive care and to understand their evolution. To identify the psychological defense …

Methods Ethical approval was secured from Bournemouth University's Ethics Panel
(reference: 12613). Surgeons from the UK were invited to participate in an online survey …

Objectives Second victim experience defines the healthcare professionals involved in
unexpected adverse patient events. The Second Victim Experience and Support Tool …

Background: Medical students and doctors experience several types of professional
distress. Their causes (“stressors”) are commonly classified as exogenous (adapting to …

Communicating bad news is never easy and for physicians these interactions may be a
significant source of stress. To examine the characteristics that make delivering of bad news …

OBJECTIVE To assess the prevalence of medical errors (specifically, near misses [NMs] and
adverse events [AEs]) and their personal and professional impact on veterinarians. DESIGN …

Background: The second victim phenomenon is the distress felt by healthcare providers after
a medical error. Although the phenomenon is a significant risk factor for burnout, little has …

Nurses and other professionals drawn to health care by their desire to help others may be
traumatized because they are involved in situations that bring harm rather than healing to …

Objective: To describe how errors personally affect medical professionals, barriers to the
implementation of provider support programs, and key issues for hospital leaders to …