Educational agenda for diagnostic error reduction

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages

  Trowbridge, Robert L ^a,b   Dhaliwal, Gurpreet ^c,d   Cosby, Karen S ^e,f  

^a MAINE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e Department of Emergency Medicine   (United States)

^f RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATTITUDE; AWARENESS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTUITION; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PHYSICIAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; REDUCTION; RESIDENT; REVIEW; SIMULATION;

COGNITIVE BIASES; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; MEDICAL EDUCATION;

DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEEDBACK, PSYCHOLOGICAL; HUMANS; INTUITION; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; PATIENT SAFETY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STAFF DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84884538731     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001622     Document Type: Review

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