The role of morbidity and mortality rounds in medical education: a scoping review

Abstract

The MMR is widely utilised as an educational tool to promote medical education, patient safety and quality improvement. Although evidence to guide the design and implementation of the MMR to achieve measurable CME outcomes remains limited, there are components associated with positive improvements to learning and performance outcomes.

Quantifying recall bias in surgical safety: a need for a modern approach to morbidity and mortality reviews

“…In 2002, the Canadian government budgeted $50 million over 5 years for the creation of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute, and many health care organizations have subsequently initiated efforts to improve patient safety. 2 The most widely adopted strategy for quality assessment in academic surgical programs is the departmental MMC, which uses case-finding methods to identify opportunities for improvement in patient outcomes.…”

Effects of efforts to optimise morbidity and mortality rounds to serve contemporary quality improvement and educational goals: a systematic review

“…While this is due, in large part, to the use of methodologies ill-fitted to the study of complex educational interventions and to the heterogeneity of outcomes,14 the discrepancy in the findings between the quality missions and the educational mission may have a deeper significance for the future of M&M rounds.…”

Morbidity and Mortality Rounds in Rehabilitation—Benefits for Enhancing Quality Beyond Just the “M&M”

“…Finally, action items should be revisited at a future MMR to ensure that the previous discussion has actually led to improvement, along with formal evaluation of any implemented changes where appropriate. A summary of recommendations to maximize the quality and educational value of MMRs (Figure 1) was recently published by Benassi et al, and includes all of these aforementioned components [6].…”

“…Recommendations for evidence‐based educational MMRs. Reproduced with permission from Benassi et al [6].…”

“…Morbidity and Mortality Rounds (MMRs) have long been employed in acute care hospitals to review and learn from medical errors, particularly those that resulted in significant patient harm [1‐3]. With the ever‐increasing focus on patient safety in health care, MMRs have been adopted across many specialties as a forum for critical incident review using a systems‐based approach to identify root causes of quality and safety gaps, and improve future care delivery [4‐6]. However, the literature contains only 2 reports of MMRs introduced into rehabilitation settings [7,8].…”