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Erin Eckert

Program Dir
Medical Education
8 Searle Center Drive, Suite 3012, Box 3548, Durham, NC 27710
8 Searle Center Drive, Suite 3012, Box 3548, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications


Content and Comprehensiveness of Goals-of-Care Documentation in Pediatric Patients.

Journal Article J Pain Symptom Manage · August 2025 CONTEXT: Documented goals-of-care (GOC) conversations promote goal-concordant care; few studies have evaluated the comprehensiveness of this documentation within pediatrics. OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the content of pediatric GOC documentation within a health ... Full text Link to item Cite

Teamwork Before and During COVID-19: The Good, the Same, and the Ugly….

Journal Article J Patient Saf · January 1, 2023 OBJECTIVES: The COVID 19 pandemic placed unprecedented strain on healthcare systems and workers, likely also impacting patient safety and outcomes. This study aimed to understand how teamwork climate changed during that pandemic and how these changes affec ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

When medical practice meets medical myth: confronting misinformation in the clinical encounter

Chapter · October 15, 2022 "The book, written from the e-Health literacy perspective, is unique in its nuanced approach to misinformation. ... Cite

The Psychological Safety Scale of the Safety, Communication, Operational, Reliability, and Engagement (SCORE) Survey: A Brief, Diagnostic, and Actionable Metric for the Ability to Speak Up in Healthcare Settings.

Journal Article J Patient Saf · September 1, 2022 OBJECTIVES: The current study aimed to guide the assessment and improvement of psychological safety (PS) by (1) examining the psychometric properties of a brief novel PS scale, (2) assessing relationships between PS and other safety culture domains, (3) ex ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite