New England Journal of Medicine· 2013Q1
From Mindless to Mindful Practice — Cognitive Bias and Clinical Decision Making
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Short summary
Over 100 cognitive biases significantly impact clinical decision-making and diagnostic accuracy, but training in critical thinking can help mitigate these errors.
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Key points
- Cognitive biases are a major contributor to diagnostic errors in medicine.
- More than 100 distinct cognitive biases have been identified as affecting clinical decision-making.
- Many medical fields recognize the widespread influence of these biases on practitioners' thinking.
- Training in critical thinking is proposed as a method to reduce the impact of cognitive biases.
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Abstract
Interview with Dr. Pat Croskerry on widespread cognitive biases and ways of counteracting them for accurate diagnosis. (17:18)Download Much diagnostic error is caused by cognitive bias. More than 100 biases affecting clinical decision making have been described, and many medical disciplines acknowledge their pervasive influence on our thinking. Training in critical thinking may ameliorate the problem.
The authors' abstract, as published at the source. New England Journal of Medicine, 2013 · DOI ↗
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