Checklists improve experts' diagnostic decisions.

Matthew Sibbald; Anique de Bruin; Jeroen J G van Merrienboer

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Checklists improve experts' diagnostic decisions.

April 17, 2013

Sibbald M, de Bruin A, van Merrienboer JJG. Med Educ. 2013;47(3):301-8.

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Checklists have recently been touted as effective tools to help decrease diagnostic errors. In this study, the use of checklists improved electrocardiogram interpretation by experts without increasing cognitive load.

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