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Critical clinical decision making

The interest in this topic was generated at the recent SICS annual meeting (Jan 07) when two excellent lectures were presented by Pat Croskerry, MD, PhD from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Dr Croskerry kindly agreed to post his lectures on our website. Click on the links on the right panel to view them.

References

Croskerry P. The Cognitive Imperative: Thinking about How We Think. Em Med. 2000; 7:1223–1231

Wears RL, Perry SJ. Human factors and ergonomics in the emergency department. Ann Emerg Med. August 2002;40:206-212.

Croskerry P. The Importance of Cognitive Errors in Diagnosis and Strategies to Minimize Them. Acad. Med. 2003;78:775–780

Croskerry P. Achieving Quality in Clinical Decision Making: Cognitive Strategies and Detection of Bias. Acad Em Med. 2002;9:1184–1204

Croskerry P. Cognitive Forcing Strategies in Clinical Decision making. Ann Emerg Med. 2003;41:110-120

Croskerry P. When Diagnoses Fail. New Insights, Old Thinking. The Canadian Journal of CME . Nov 2003, 51-57

Croskerry P. Achilles heels of the ED: Delayed or missed diagnoses. ED Legal Letter™. Oct 2003;14:109-120

Croskerry P. The theory and practice of clinical decision-making. Can J Anesth. 2005;52:R1–R8

Croskerry P. Critical Thinking and Decisionmaking: Avoiding the Perils of Thin-Slicing. Ann Emerg Med. 2006;48:720-722

Resources

lecture 1(1.3 Mb pps)
lecture 2 (1.9 Mb pps)

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