How-I-Do-It: Teaching Root Cause Analysis

Justin W Kung; Olga R Brook; Ronald L Eisenberg; Priscilla J Slanetz

doi:10.1016/j.acra.2016.03.002

How-I-Do-It: Teaching Root Cause Analysis

Acad Radiol. 2016 Jul;23(7):881-4. doi: 10.1016/j.acra.2016.03.002. Epub 2016 Apr 14.

Authors

Justin W Kung¹, Olga R Brook², Ronald L Eisenberg², Priscilla J Slanetz²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02215; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215. Electronic address: jkung@bidmc.harvard.edu.
² Department of Radiology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, 330 Brookline Ave., Boston, MA 02215; Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02215.

PMID: 27150620
DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2016.03.002

Abstract

We describe our method of exposing radiology residents to root cause analysis. Our interactive case-based, small-group teaching session uses a flipped classroom approach which allows the session to focus primarily on working through the case in small groups. This methodology can be easily integrated at other institutions.

Keywords: Root cause analysis; case-based review; flipped-classroom approach.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Humans
Internship and Residency*
Male
Medical Errors*
Middle Aged
Problem-Based Learning / methods*
Radiology / education*
Root Cause Analysis*