Safety management within the scope of teaching practical clinical skills: framing errors for cardiopulmonary resuscitation training – a multi-arm randomized controlled equivalence trial. | PSNet
Learning from errors is a fundamental component of health professions education. This randomized trial examined the difference between two error-framing strategies—Error Management (EM) and Error Avoidance (EA)— on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) performance among first-year health professions students. The EA perspective aims to avoid errors as much as possible, even during the learning process. In contrast, the EM perspective fosters a positive approach to errors and considers them part of the learning process. Results found that EM led to equivalent or slightly better performance than EA and control arms. The authors conclude that EM is a promising approach for medical education given its potential long-term benefits for patient safety and non-detrimental effect on short-term performance.
