title: Tuning out the noise: cognitive biases.
abstract: In my brief training as an emergency physician, I have experienced numerous distracting cognitive biases that have interfered with establishing proper diagnoses. Recognizing these potential barriers and appreciating them is essential to excellent patient care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Emergency Medicine, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, Winston-Salem, NC. sritter@wakehealth.edu.
authors.forename: Samuel I
authors.initials: SI
authors.lastname: Ritter
mesh_terms: D001288:Attention; D003071:Cognition; D004635:Emergency Medicine / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D009657:North Carolina; D010820:Physicians / Q000523:psychology*; D011287:Prejudice / Q000523:psychology*