Investigating cognitive factors and diagnostic error in a presentation of complicated multisystem disease.

Keywords: cognitive error; diagnostic error; medical education EN cognitive error diagnostic error medical education 199 206 8 05/12/22 20220501 NES 220501 Introduction The diagnostic process is extraordinarily complicated at the best of times [[1]], however making a diagnosis and management plan in the face of uncertainty, when sick unwell patients present for medical attention, is a particular challenge for healthcare professionals in acute or emergency situations [[2]]. Firstly, clinical reasoning teaching needs to move beyond the individual arriving at their own diagnosis, and instead encourage individuals to calibrate their rationale when making a diagnosis with the thinking of others, especially when there is complexity and uncertainty [[42]]. The aim of this research was to investigate the impact of cognitive factors in a case of delayed diagnosis following a complicated patient admission in acute care where the symptoms did not suggest an obvious cause at presentation to hospital. [Extracted from the article]

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