Table 5 Attitudes toward error disclosure
Questions | Received Training | Number (%) of respondents who agreed | P-value |
|---|---|---|---|
I am aware and knowledgeable of the articles/elements of Jordan’s Medical and Health Liability Law | Yes | 36 (66.7) | 0.017 |
No | 15 (45.5) | ||
How likely would the issue of Jordan’s Law on Medical and Health Liability affect your decision to disclose an error to your patient? | Yes | 34 (61.8) | 0.024 |
No | 12 (36.4) | ||
It is important for me to tell my patients about errors I have made in their care because that is how I would want to be treated if I were a patient. | Yes | 53 (96.4) | 0.103 |
No | 29 (87.8) | ||
If I made a medical error, disclosing the error to my patient would help alleviate my feelings of guilt. | Yes | 47 (87.0) | 0.121 |
No | 23 (69.7) | ||
Telling my patient about a medical error I have made in their care strengthens my patient’s trust in me as a physician. | Yes | 28 (50.9) | 0.24 |
No | 14 (42.4) | ||
My decision to disclose a medical error to a patient depends on whether I think the information will help or harm him/her. | Yes | 40 (72.7) | 0.032 |
No | 19 (57.6) |