Background Systematic biases in group decision making (ie, group biases) may result in
suboptimal decisions and potentially harm patients. It is not well known how impaired group …

There is emerging interest in understanding group decision making among a team of health
professionals. Groupthink, a term coined by Irving Janis to depict premature consensus …

Background The complexity of modern clinical practice has highlighted the fallibility of
individual clinicians' decision-making, with effective teamwork emerging as a key to patient …

The expectation for graduate medical education programs to ensure that trainees are
progressing toward competence for unsupervised practice prompted requirements for a …

Many clinical processes include multidisciplinary group decision-making, yet few methods
exist to evaluate the presence of implicit bias during this collective process. Implicit bias …

Competency-based medical education (CBME) entails the assessment of learner
development and a systematic approach to decision-making about learner progress …

Poor teamwork and clinical decisions have a major impact on patient outcomes and safety.
Clinical decision-making rarely occurs under ideal conditions, but complex health care …

Background Observation of the performance of medical students in the clinical environment
is a key part of assessment and learning. To date, few authors have examined written …

It's good to have assumptions challenged. Much of health care has accepted that teamwork
is beneficial, but in this issue Kaba et al., in 'Are we at risk of groupthink in our approach to …

This initial, exploratory study on gender bias in collaborative medical decision making
examined the degree to which physicians' reliance on a team member's patient care advice …