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Allowing failure so trainees can thrive: the importance of guided autonomy in medical education
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  • Rachel B Atkinson Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Douglas S Smink Department of Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA Center for Surgery and Public Health, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, USA PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Dr Douglas S Smink, Surgery, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA 02115, USA; dsmink{at}bwh.harvard.edu
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Atkinson RB, Smink DS
Allowing failure so trainees can thrive: the importance of guided autonomy in medical education
BMJ Quality & Safety 2020;29:704-705.

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  • Accepted February 12, 2020
  • First published February 21, 2020.
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August 19, 2020

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