Cognitive debiasing 2: Impediments to and strategies for change

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 22, Issue SUPPL.2, 2013, Pages

  Croskerry, Pat ^a   Singhal, Geeta ^b   Mamede, Sílvia ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEBIASING; CRITICAL THINKING; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICINE; REVIEW; SKILL; SOCIOLOGY;

COGNITIVE BIASES; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; PATIENT SAFETY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; HUMANS; PREJUDICE; THINKING;

EID: 84884576288     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001713     Document Type: Review

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