{"id":216,"date":"2015-10-27T14:05:08","date_gmt":"2015-10-27T18:05:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/wisdom\/?page_id=216"},"modified":"2019-03-27T10:04:31","modified_gmt":"2019-03-27T14:04:31","slug":"disclosure-peer-support","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/med.virginia.edu\/wisdom\/about-our-work\/disclosure-peer-support\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Error Disclosure & Peer Support"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"Much attention has focused on improving the safety of health care and reducing errors, but less attention has been given to helping physicians, other healthcare team members, and patients and families deal with the aftermath<\/em> when a medical error and\/or untoward outcome does occur.<\/div>\n
Medical errors are a nearly universal experience for physicians and one of the most difficult professional experiences they face. Yet, multiple studies have shown that training in handling the aftermath of a medical error is not universal.<\/h5>\n

Health care providers need education and mentoring to assist them in working through these difficult discussions with openness and compassion. They also need support in working through their own emotions and responses. Based on the findings of the UVA Wisdom in Medicine study(1) and work at other centers(2,3), we have developed a program to address these needs.<\/p>\n

Begun\u00a0in\u00a02013, the University of Virginia\u00a0offers\u00a0a program to train physicians, nurses, chaplains, FEAP counselors and other healthcare professionals as disclosure coaches and peer supporters. This three-session, 7.5 hour program uses participant role plays and paired interviews to address these themes:<\/p>\n