Bradley Truax

Dr. Truax is a physician board-certified in both internal medicine (Johns Hopkins Hospital) and neurology (Massachusetts General Hospital). In addition to clinical practice, he has been a hospital medical director at major public, private, and teaching hospitals. He’s been involved in patient safety for over thirty years and has analyzed hundreds of healthcare incidents. He writes a weekly column on patient safety for hospitals and healthcare workers, now in its seventeenth year. 

Why Accidents Happen (Winter Term 2024)

Participant Testimonials:

Lots of slides shared directly in class and posted on drive along with other very useful referred to slides.

Incredibly knowledgeable and if he didn’t know something, he said so. So many good examples of so many accidents.

Why Accidents Happen: The Human Factor (Fall Term 2022)

Participant Testimonials:

Excellent slides. Not only that, Brad had obviously used zoom before, because there was not one glitch.

Dr. Truax's background in writing safety blogs and hospital safety makes him the right person to teach this course. He should definitely be encouraged to teach it again.