Safety on the ground: using critical incident technique to explore the factors influencing medical registrars' provision of safe care.
Understanding medical trainees’ experiences with medical errors can offer important learning opportunities. This qualitative study examined 221 patient safety incidents experienced by physician trainees in the United Kingdom. The researchers concluded that incidents could generally be attributed to one of four factors – individual skills, collaboration (e.g., communication, trust), organizational systems, or the training environment – and identified safety-related interventions to improve care.