Table 2:

Level of patient harm in medico-legal cases with and without a named physician-in-training among closed cases in the repository of the Canadian Medical Protective Association, 2008–2017

Level of patient harmNo. (%) of cases
Cases with ≥ 1 named physician-in-training
n = 1107
Cases without a named physician-in-training
n = 12 703
No harm or asymptomatic38 (3.4)489 (3.8)
Mild268 (24.2)3490 (27.5)
Moderate23 (2.1)290 (2.3)
Severe197 (17.8)1293 (10.2)
Death147 (13.3)973 (7.7)
Unknown434 (39.2)6168 (48.6)