Diagnosis is one of the most important tasks performed by primary care physicians. The
World Health Organization (WHO) recently prioritized patient safety areas in primary care …

The diagnosis of cancer is a complex, multi-step process. In this paper, we highlight factors
involved in missed opportunities to diagnose cancer more promptly in symptomatic patients …

Background With the rapidly growing field of conversational artificial intelligence (AI), it is
becoming increasingly likely that these technologies will revolutionize the way physicians …

Health services throughout the world strive to provide care to people when they are unwell
and assist them to stay well. Primary care services are increasingly at the heart of integrated …

Rationalization occurs when a person has performed an action and then concocts the
beliefs and desires that would have made it rational. Then, people often adjust their own …

How do physicians solve diagnostic problems? What is known about the process of
diagnostic clinical reasoning? In this chapter we sketch our current understanding of …

Background Online patient simulations (OPS) are a novel method for teaching clinical
reasoning skills to students and could contribute to reducing diagnostic errors. However …

When a decision maker begins to favor a particular choice option, this tentative preference
often shifts the evaluation of subsequent information in a manner that benefits the early …

Background Designers of computerised diagnostic support systems (CDSSs) expect
physicians to notice when they need advice and enter into the CDSS all information that they …

Background Diagnostic errors have often been attributed to biases in physicians' reasoning.
Interventions to 'immunise'physicians against bias have focused on improving reasoning …