Upcoming
Making a Diagnosis: New Models for Old
Time: Noon - 1 p.m.
Location: Scaife Hall 4th Floor, Lecture Room 3
- Patrick Croskerry, MD, PhD
Pat Croskerry is a professor in emergency medicine at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. He holds a cross-appointment in the Faculty of Medical Education and in 2002 was appointed a senior clinical research scholar at Dalhousie. He has worked in the area of patient safety for the last 15 years.
His research is principally concerned with the impact of cognitive and affective error on clinical decision-making, specifically on diagnostic error. He has published over 50 articles and 24 book chapters in the area of patient safety and medical education reform. He has given over 300 presentations at local, national, and international levels. He is senior editor on a major text, Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine (2008). His most recent paper, "A Universal Model of Diagnostic Reasoning" was published in Academic Medicine in August 2009.
Eight years ago Croskerry implemented the first undergraduate course on medical error in Canada at Dalhousie University. In 2006, he received the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada Ruedy Award for innovation in medical education. In the same year was appointed to the board of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute.
About This Session
Clinical decision making and judgment is the most important aspect of physician performance. It is key to the process of formulating a diagnosis and to the effective and safe management of patients. Yet, the overall diagnostic error rate remains unacceptably high. In more than four decades of research, a variety of approaches have been taken but a consensus approach towards diagnostic decision making has not emerged.
In the last 20 years, important gains have been made in psychological research on human judgment. Dual Process Theory has emerged as the predominant approach, positing two systems of decision making. A schematic model will be reviewed that uses the theory to develop a universal approach towards clinical decision making.
Continuing Medical Education
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine is accredited by the ACCME to provide continuing medical education for physicians.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine designates this educational activity for a maximum of 1.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™. Physicians should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Other health care professionals are awarded 0.10 continuing education units (CEUs) which are equal to 1.0 contact hours.
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