Medical professionals can change their behaviour: study

Summary

Disrespectful and unsafe behavior by physicians and advanced practice medical professionals can undermine health care teams, but research shows that often a simple conversation to make an individual aware of their action can promote self-reflection and change.

A Vanderbilt University Medical Center study published in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety examined data from the Co-worker Observation Reporting System (CORS), a system of peer reporting of perceived disrespectful and unsafe conduct that was established at VUMC in 2011.