Resident Involvement in Lawsuits

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🗓️ 27 June 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Most surgeons know about malpractice lawsuits, but did you know that residents and even medical students can be involved in them? Join us for a discussion of what happens when patients sue their treatment teams -- and what happens when those teams involve trainees.

Host: Nina Clark, MD, MS

Guests:
Cindy Hamra, JD, MA is an associate dean in the GME Office at the University of Washington School of Medicine, where she leads the operational, administrative and finance functions. UW School of Medicine is sponsors clinical training for over 1600 medical and dental residents in fellows in over 200 programs. UW Medicine, through the School of Medicine, is the largest sponsor of GME programs in the five-state WWAMI region (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho).

Lisa Hammel, JD is the senior director of clinical risk management for UW medicine. Prior to that, she spent over 20 years as a defense attorney primarily working in medical malpractice and professional liability defense.

References:
American College of Surgeons: https://www.facs.org/for-medical-professionals/news-publications/journals/rise/articles/litigation-overview/

AMA: https://www.ama-assn.org/medical-residents/residency-life/resident-medical-liability-lawsuits-why-and-how-often-they-happen

JAMA Surgery: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5833625/ & https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamasurgery/article-abstract/2670456

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0:00.0	Behind the surgery podcast relevant and engaging content designed to help you dominate the day.
0:13.0	All right,
0:15.0	Hi, All right, hi everyone and welcome back to Behind the Knife.
0:24.4	This is Ena Clark and I'll be your host today.
0:26.8	Most surgeons go through training, understanding that malpractice suits and legal risk
0:30.3	management will be a part of their careers.
0:32.3	We hear about getting malpractice insurance. We know that by picking a procedural specialty we've got some unique risks inherent to our careers and we've all heard about some really well publicized cases where other surgeons have been found guilty of medical malpractice.
0:45.6	Just scroll through the rest of your podcast feed and you'll find a couple of examples.
0:49.7	What's less widely understood is that even trainees can actually be involved in these lawsuits.
0:54.8	While it's uncommon overall, it's a pretty terrifying idea and something that every trainee should generally be aware of.
1:00.7	There are also some really concrete ways that we can reduce the risk of this happening that carry not only through our
1:05.1	training but into our careers as surgeons later on. To help us discuss these issues today,
1:10.0	we are going to be joined by two representatives from the University of Washington,
1:14.3	Cindy Hamra and Lisa Hamill.
1:16.5	Cindy Hamra is an associate dean in the GME office at the University of Washington
1:21.4	School of Medicine where she leads the operational, administrative, and finance functions.
1:26.0	The U-Dup School of Medicine sponsors clinical training for over 1,600 medical and dental residents and fellows in over 200 programs.
1:34.0	UW Medicine through the School of Medicine is the largest sponsor of
1:37.4	G&E programs in the five-state Whammy region that includes Washington,
1:41.3	Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho.
1:44.4	Lisa Hamill is a senior director of clinical risk management for U.S.
1:48.3	Medicine.
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