# Learning from Error

*Tom Geraghty · Stories & Cases, Safety & Human Error, Power*

Examines the cases of Dr Hadiza Bawa-Garba and RaDonda Vaught — healthcare workers prosecuted for errors in complex, under-resourced systems. Argues the prosecutions sent a message that honesty about error carries criminal risk, putting far more patients at risk through silencing.

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- **Interactive map:** https://explore.psychsafety.com/?node=bawa-garba

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- [Strategies for Learning from Failure](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/edmondson-2011.md) (paper)
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- [High-Quality Relationships, Psychological Safety, and Learning from Failures in Work Organizations](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/carmeli-gittell-2009.md) (paper)
- [Learning from Mistakes Is Easier Said Than Done: Group and Organizational Influences on the Detection and Correction of Human Error](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/edmondson-1996.md) (paper)
- [Normalisation of Deviance (Challenger)](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/normalisation-of-deviance.md)
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- [Just Culture](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/just-culture.md)
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- [PS & Safeguarding](https://explore.psychsafety.com/n/the-link-between-psychological-safety-and-effective-safeguarding.md)
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