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Short Answer Questions for ED Fellowship Study

Case: Medication error review

You receive a complaint via the Patient Advocate’s office that a patient was subject to a medication error whilst in your Emergency Department resulting in a serious outcome.

1. What are the most common medication-related incidents reported? 4 marks

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2. What is a Root Cause Analysis in the context of medicine? 2 marks

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3. How would you investigate the incident based on root cause analysis? 6 marks

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