Treatment Errors
Some types of treatment errors may lend themselves to direct observation and feedback. Many
complicated surgical procedures, which are problematic in terms of frequency and severity,
provide a clear opportunity for peer-to-peer coaching. Often, observation is already sought for
highly complicated cases among surgeons and for hands-on training of caregivers. However,
there are no known reports of the regularity with which such strategies are used for more
common types of health care procedures performed by experienced caregivers.