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Doctors Make Mistakes Can We Talk About That? Question 1 What point is Goldman trying to make with his baseball analogy at the beginning of his talk?

Answer 1

Goldman uses the baseball analogy to show that even highly skilled people fail frequently and that we normally accept that in other fields. A great baseball player still only gets a hit a fraction of the time, but we don’t expect perfection or punish every error. By contrast, medicine treats mistakes as uniquely unforgivable, which drives secrecy instead of learning. The analogy supports his point that we should normalize discussion of errors, measure and learn from them, and focus on system improvements rather than blaming individuals.