Exploring the role of salient distracting clinical features in the emergence of diagnostic errors and the mechanisms through which reflection counteracts mistakes

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 295-300

  Mamede, Sílvia ^a   Splinter, Ted A W ^a   Van Gog, Tamara ^a   Rikers, Remy M J P ^a   Schmidt, Henk G ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; HUMAN; INTERNIST; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHYSICIAN; RESIDENT;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE;

EID: 84858750328     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2011-000518     Document Type: Article

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