Disrupting diagnostic reasoning: Do interruptions, instructions, and experience affect the diagnostic accuracy and response time of residents and emergency physicians?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 511-517

  Monteiro, Sandra D ^a   Sherbino, Jonathan David ^a   Ilgen, Jonathan Seth ^b   Dore, Kelly L ^a   Wood, Timothy J ^c   Young, Meredith E ^d   Bandiera, Glen ^e   Blouin, Danielle ^f   Gaissmaier, Wolfgang ^g   Norman, Geoffrey R ^a   Howey, Elizabeth ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; REACTION TIME; TIME;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMERGENCY MEDICINE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; REACTION TIME; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84930320549     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000614     Document Type: Article

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