To think is good: Querying an initial hypothesis reduces diagnostic error in medical students

Academic Medicine

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 1125-1129

  Coderre, Sylvain ^a   Wright, Bruce ^a   McLaughlin, Kevin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

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EID: 77954900228     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181e1b229     Document Type: Article

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