My goal for the topic I chose was to show how you should always double check what you do in a hospital since one of the highest causes of deaths is medical errors. I think people should be more aware about what happens to them self-hospital hospitals and medical scenarios. My goal was to research medical errors and understand why so many medical errors are made per year. I concluded that medical errors are very common because the doctors are overworked, they have messy handwriting and many more. Doctors are not at fault for this but there are things that can be fixed. 

 I used many different sites such as different medical sites, articles written by doctors, ABC new and many more. I used many different sites to make sure that the information was correct. I learned that there are many different sources that you can get information from. I learned that medical errors have been a leading cause of death for a while. Medical errors are far too common and happen too often. There are many doctors that have accidentally left tools, sponges etc. In their patients body. I learned that there are many different ways for medical errors to occur. I used Canva to create my infographic and it was very easy to use. I used that you can get information for a variety of places but that you should always double check your information.  

 Many websites were very detailed and went into a lot of depth when explaining their point. There were some websites that were easy to read while others were more difficult. When wanting to do research on a topic it is very easy to search and get your results. I think technology is very helpful to the world because it can help people understand different topics and the websites are open to everyone. Sites with pictures were more intriguing and easier to understand. Technology can be very useful as long as you know it is true. I was able to get a better understanding and went into depth by searching my topic online.  

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