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Episode 2: Biases

July 26, 2017

Good articles for further reading on the topic:

Diagnostic Failure: A Cognitive and Affective Approach by Pat Croskerry
Cognitive Strategies and Detection of Bias by Pat Croskerry

The Importance of Cognitive Errors in Diagnosis and Strategies to Minimize Them by (who else?) Pat Croskerry

And for a slightly ‘contrary’ view of the dual processing model and cognitive bias check out this reference to a Geoff Norman article on the topic.

Other relevant links:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US Dept. of Health and Human Services): Diagnostic Errors

The Clinical Reasoning Toolkit on the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine website

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Sujeewa Dissanayake
Sujeewa Dissanayake
4 years ago

Thank you GP registrar from Australia

Justin Sung
Justin Sung
7 years ago

Just a public reflection about framing bias. It’s been on my mind the last few days and I’ve noticed that I sometimes use framing bias to save my pride. There’s such a desire to have perceived the patient in the right way that I unknowingly frame it in a way that will cause the consultant to agree, specifically for when I have a reasonably benign impression of the patient. I think I have enough irresponsible faith in the seniors and the health system that even if my framing is wrong, nothing important will get missed. At times I even think… Read more »

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