Name: Doctors make mistakes. Can we talk about that?
Uploaded: 2012-01-25T16:50:19Z
Duration: 19 min 11 s
Description: Every doctor makes mistakes. But, says physician Brian Goldman, medicine's culture of denial (and shame) keeps doctors from ever talking about those mistakes, or using them to learn and improve. Telling stories from his own long practice, he calls on doctors to start talking about being wrong.

Every doctor makes mistakes. But, says physician Brian Goldman, medicine's culture of denial (and shame) keeps doctors from ever talking about those mistakes, or using them to learn and improve. Telling stories from his own long practice, he calls on doctors to start talking about being wrong.

Brian Goldman: Doctors make mistakes. Can we talk about that?

Doctors make mistakes. Can we talk about that?

A surgeon's batting average becomes a poignant metaphor for the unattainable perfection in medicine, highlighting the human fallibility.

The culture of shame in medicine isolates physicians, preventing them from learning from mistakes and sharing valuable lessons with peers.

Hitting a 300 in baseball is celebrated, but a surgeon with a 30% success rate? A call to redefine excellence in medicine.