Read this article. https://www.mdlinx.com/article/top-causes-of-medical-malpractice/lfc-3889 regarding medical malpractice.
Select one of the true-to-life news articles from step one. You can choose whichever you prefer.
This submission (outline below) will consist of correlations from the selected article with points brought up in the general malpractice reading on MDLinx and in the course textbook (chapters 1 and 2).
The submission should include these components:
Introduction/Synopsis
This should summarize the key details of the events that occurred in the focus article.
Cause
Refer to the MDLinx “Top Causes of Medical Malpractice.” Describe which cause/s you feel this article best relates to and why.
Challenge and Opportunity (refer to chapters 1 and 2 of the course textbook for inspiration).
What is a challenge that will make it tough to eliminate this error from happening in the future? Why?
What is an opportunity that will help to eliminate this error from happening moving forward? Why?
*Note the grader will be looking for queues the student did additional research regarding the scenario beyond the provided articles and the course textbook (i.e. additional external resources). Note “Wikipedia” is not a reliable source (but is a good starting point to gather general information).
Closing
Summarize what has been said and reemphasize the most important point.
