Effects of the use of differential diagnosis checklist and general de-biasing checklist on diagnostic performance in comparison to intuitive diagnosis

Medical Teacher

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Shimizu, Taro ^a   Matsumoto, Kentaro ^b   Tokuda, Yasuharu ^c  

^a Department of Internal Medicine   (Japan)

^b National Medical Clinic   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHECKLIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTUITION; JAPAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL BIAS; TEACHING; THINKING; ARTICLE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHECKLIST; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTUITION; JAPAN; MALE; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; THINKING;

EID: 84878271515     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2012.742493     Document Type: Article

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