The Role of Clinical Reasoning and Cognitive Bias in Diagnostic Error

Discussing clinical reasoning, cognitive bias, and diagnostic error and their implications for physicians and training programs are editor-in-chief David Sklar and senior staff editor Toni Gallo (@AcadMedJournal) and Dan Mayer, an emergency medicine physician who has taught on diagnostic errors and medical decision-making for more than 30 years. This episode is now available through iTunes and the Apple Podcast app, SoundCloud, Stitcher, and Spotify. Read more about this topic, including the report by Royce and colleagues and the article by Ely and colleagues, which are discussed in this episode, at academicmedicine.org. A transcript of this episode is available upon request from academicmedicine@aamc.org. Further Reading Ely JW, Graber ML, Croskerry P. Checklists to reduce diagnostic errors. Acad Med. 2011;86:307-313. Royce CS, Hayes MM, Schwartzstein RM. Teaching critical thinking: A case for instruction in cognitive biases to reduce diagnostic errors and improve patient safety. Acad Med. 2019;94:187-194.
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