The work group was established after a recent study published in Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnętrznej showed healthcare providers involved with negative patient outcomes or events can become “second victims” and have trouble coping with the experience.
For their study, researchers administered a survey to 350 healthcare workers within Johns Hopkins Medicine. The survey results showed “second victims” advocated a need for support strategies, particularly information emotional support and peer support, to help with their coping.
Read the study about “second victims” of patient adverse events.
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