How do you learn from diagnostic errors? Walk through a case that the host had initially gotten wrong and uncover possible reasons as why from data gathering to hypothesis generation to the interplay between hypothesis generation and evaluation. Learn interesting tidbits on prior work in medical education around how we think, particularly around diagnostic failures.
CME Credit: https://www.acponline.org/cme-moc/cme/internal-medicine-podcasts/core-im
Time Stamps

02:39 Case Introduction
04:46 Yes/No questions with our first two discussants
18:43 The diagnosis is revealed
21:14 Why did I miss the diagnosis?
27:44 Using diagnostic problem solving to break down the case and understand our errors
30:20 The importance of data gathering
30:49 Introducing our third clinician
34:17 Hypothesis generation
37:11 The interplay between hypothesis generation and evaluation
38:34 The win-stay, lose-shift heuristic
41:33 Cognitive forcing strategies
49:32 Knowledge vs. experience

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