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Cognitive bias in clinical practice – nurturing healthy skepticism among medical students
Errors in clinical reasoning, known as cognitive biases, are implicated in a significant proportion of diagnostic errors. Despite this knowledge, little emphasis is currently placed on teaching cognitive psychology in the undergraduate medical curriculum. Understanding the origin of these biases and...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5901151/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29692640 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S149558 |
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description | Errors in clinical reasoning, known as cognitive biases, are implicated in a significant proportion of diagnostic errors. Despite this knowledge, little emphasis is currently placed on teaching cognitive psychology in the undergraduate medical curriculum. Understanding the origin of these biases and their impact on clinical decision making helps stimulate reflective practice. This article outlines some of the common types of cognitive biases encountered in the clinical setting as well as cognitive debiasing strategies. Medical educators should nurture healthy skepticism among medical students by raising awareness of cognitive biases and equipping them with robust tools to circumvent such biases. This will enable tomorrow’s doctors to improve the quality of care delivered, thus optimizing patient outcomes. |
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spelling | pubmed-59011512018-04-24 Cognitive bias in clinical practice – nurturing healthy skepticism among medical students Bhatti, Alysha Adv Med Educ Pract Expert Opinion Errors in clinical reasoning, known as cognitive biases, are implicated in a significant proportion of diagnostic errors. Despite this knowledge, little emphasis is currently placed on teaching cognitive psychology in the undergraduate medical curriculum. Understanding the origin of these biases and their impact on clinical decision making helps stimulate reflective practice. This article outlines some of the common types of cognitive biases encountered in the clinical setting as well as cognitive debiasing strategies. Medical educators should nurture healthy skepticism among medical students by raising awareness of cognitive biases and equipping them with robust tools to circumvent such biases. This will enable tomorrow’s doctors to improve the quality of care delivered, thus optimizing patient outcomes. Dove Medical Press 2018-04-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5901151/ /pubmed/29692640 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S149558 Text en © 2018 Bhatti. This work is published and licensed by Dove Medical Press Limited The full terms of this license are available at https://www.dovepress.com/terms.php and incorporate the Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial (unported, v3.0) License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/). By accessing the work you hereby accept the Terms. Non-commercial uses of the work are permitted without any further permission from Dove Medical Press Limited, provided the work is properly attributed. |
spellingShingle | Expert Opinion Bhatti, Alysha Cognitive bias in clinical practice – nurturing healthy skepticism among medical students |
title | Cognitive bias in clinical practice – nurturing healthy skepticism among medical students |
title_full | Cognitive bias in clinical practice – nurturing healthy skepticism among medical students |
title_fullStr | Cognitive bias in clinical practice – nurturing healthy skepticism among medical students |
title_full_unstemmed | Cognitive bias in clinical practice – nurturing healthy skepticism among medical students |
title_short | Cognitive bias in clinical practice – nurturing healthy skepticism among medical students |
title_sort | cognitive bias in clinical practice – nurturing healthy skepticism among medical students |
topic | Expert Opinion |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5901151/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29692640 http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/AMEP.S149558 |
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