Mitigating errors and advancing towards excellence!

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https://doi.org/10.33233/rbfex.v22i1.5493

Abstract

Errors made by healthcare professionals are among the top 3 causes of death in the United States [1]. The term “medical error” is attributed to failures in judgment, diagnosis or in relation to the execution of techniques by any member of the health care team. Thinking about the beginning of another cycle of our Brazilian Journal of Exercise Physiology and the importance of professionals who work with physical exercise for health promotion, we will discuss some crucial points about decision-making...

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Marvyn de Santana do Sacramento, ADVENTISTA

Actuscordios Reabilitação Cardiovascular, Salvador, Centro Universitário Adventista do Nordeste, Capoeiruçu, BA, Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Salvador, Universidade Salvador, Salvador, BA, Brazil

Manuela da Silva Moura, AVENTISTA

Centro Universitário Adventista do Nordeste, Capoeiruçu, BA, Brasil

Pedro Elias Santos Souza, BAHIANA

Actuscordios Reabilitação Cardiovascular, Salvador, BA, Escola Bahiana de Medicina e Saúde Pública, Salvador, BA, Brasil, Centro Universitário Social da Bahia, Salvador, BA, Brasil

References

Makary MA, Daniel M. Medical error-the third leading cause of death in the US. BMJ. 2016 May 3;353:i2139. doi: 10.1136/bmj.i2139. PMID: 27143499.

Sacramento MS, Sousa JVL, Andrade AM, Petto J. Base em evidências ou preferências? Um guia para a assertividade na tomada de decisões. Rev Bras Fisiol Exerc 2020;19(5):332-335. doi: 10.33233/rbfex.v19i5.4415

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2023-06-27

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Vol. 22 No. 1 (2023): Fisiologia do Exercício v22

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