Rethinking the Modern Cardiology Morbidity and Mortality Conference

Reclaiming the morbidity and mortality conference: between Codman and Kundera.

In recent years, a number of commentators have voiced unease about the direction and format of the Morbidity and Mortality (M&M) conference. Drawing on historical, literary and philosophical perspectives, and detailing the recent shift towards incorporating systems-based approaches to healthcare safety into the M&M, this article explores the nature and purpose of the M&M conference. It is argue...

Improving surgery: the surgery morbidity and mortality conference.

Residency education through the family medicine morbidity and mortality conference.

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The value of the morbidity and mortality conference (M&MC) has received little examination in the primary care literature. We sought to understand the educational content of M&MCs by examining data from a family medicine training program. METHODS Archived morbidity and mortality conference data (July 2001-July 2003) were retrieved from two University of Michigan fami...

Trauma-Related Morbidity and Mortality in Elderly Patients

Objectives: The purpose of this multi-center study was to investigate the probable predictive factors of mortality and morbidity in elderlypopulation. Methods & Materials: The descriptive prospective study was conducted based on the data gathered from trauma cases older than 65 years admitted to Sina, Shohada and Fayaz-Bakhsh trauma centers during years 1997-98. A pre-prepared questionnaire ...

The emergence of modern cardiology.