BMJ quality & safety
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BMJ quality & safety · Aug 2017
Editorial Review Comparative StudyWhat have we learnt after 15 years of research into the 'weekend effect'?
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BMJ quality & safety · Oct 2016
ReviewDual-process cognitive interventions to enhance diagnostic reasoning: a systematic review.
Diagnostic error incurs enormous human and economic costs. The dual-process model reasoning provides a framework for understanding the diagnostic process and attributes certain errors to faulty cognitive shortcuts (heuristics). The literature contains many suggestions to counteract these and to enhance analytical and non-analytical modes of reasoning. ⋯ Results to date are promising and this relatively young field is now close to a point where these kinds of cognitive interventions can be recommended to educators. Further research with refined methodology and more diverse samples is required before firm recommendations may be made for medical education and policy; however, these results suggest that such interventions hold promise, with much current enthusiasm for new research.
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BMJ quality & safety · Oct 2016
ReviewDual-process cognitive interventions to enhance diagnostic reasoning: a systematic review.
Diagnostic error incurs enormous human and economic costs. The dual-process model reasoning provides a framework for understanding the diagnostic process and attributes certain errors to faulty cognitive shortcuts (heuristics). The literature contains many suggestions to counteract these and to enhance analytical and non-analytical modes of reasoning. ⋯ Results to date are promising and this relatively young field is now close to a point where these kinds of cognitive interventions can be recommended to educators. Further research with refined methodology and more diverse samples is required before firm recommendations may be made for medical education and policy; however, these results suggest that such interventions hold promise, with much current enthusiasm for new research.