Doctor What? Doctor Where? Podcast explores moving on from mistakes: challenging the medical perfectionist culture
Mistakes happen in any job, even in medicine. Understanding how to learn from them, then move on without getting trapped in self-blame, is a critical skill for every doctor.
In the latest episode of Doctor What? Doctor Where? Podcast, moving on from mistakes: challenging the medical perfectionist culture, Dr Luke Auciello and Dr Sophie Fontaine discuss why mistakes usually occur as a result of multiple, complex factors, rather than being purely an individual’s fault. They also explore:
- Why perfectionism is deeply embedded in medical culture
- The difference between clinical mistakes and professional mistakes
- What to do in the moment when you realise something has gone wrong
- And how mentors, colleagues and debriefing can help doctors process difficult situations.
Episode guests
- Dr Luke Auciello - Emergency ACRRM registrar, at Bairnsdale Regional Health Service
- Dr Sophie Fontaine - ACRRM registrar, at West Gippsland Healthcare Group
Resources
- For more information about the study and training opportunities across regional Victoria, head to the Monash Rural Health website.
- The North West Victoria and Gippsland Regional Training Hubs have commissioned this podcast to help medical students and junior doctors learn more about training and practising medicine in regional Australia. Find your nearest Regional Training Hub.
The Doctor What? Doctor Where? Stories of Rural Medicine podcast is produced by Monash Rural Health’s Regional Training Hubs and supported by the Department of Health, Ageing and Disability’s Rural Health Multidisciplinary Training Program.