Metacognitive training to reduce diagnostic errors: ready for prime time?
The accuracy of medical diagnosis is often degraded when diagnosis deviates from the principles of normative decision making. Although diagnostic errors can potentially be reduced by metacognitive training, that proposal (put forth by Croskerry in an accompanying article) needs validation and extensive exploration.
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Mark
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Medical Service, VA Medical Center-Northport, and Department of Medicine, Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, New York 11794-8430, USA. mark-graber@med.va.gov
D003071:Cognition; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors