Guided Reflection Interventions Show No Effect on Diagnostic Accuracy in Medical Students

Frontiers in Psychology

Kathryn Ann Lambe¹ 

关键词: diagnosis;    diagnostic error;    diagnostic reasoning;    medical education;    decision-making;    reflective practice;    dual-process model;   

DOI  :  10.3389/fpsyg.2018.02297

学科分类：心理学（综合）

来源: Frontiers

【 摘 要 】

Background: Guided reflection interventions, in an effort to reduce diagnostic error, encourage diagnosticians to generate alternative diagnostic hypotheses and gather confirming and disconfirming evidence before making a final diagnosis. This method has been found to significantly improve diagnostic accuracy in recent studies; however, it requires a significant investment of time, and psychological theory suggests the possibility for unintended consequences owing to cognitive bias. This study compared a short and long version of a guided reflection task on improvements in diagnostic accuracy, change in diagnostic confidence, and rates of corrected diagnoses.

【 授权许可】

CC BY