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To think is good: querying an initial hypothesis reduces diagnostic error in medical students.
Coderre S, Wright B, McLaughlin K. Acad Med. 2010;85:1125-1129.

This study found that questioning an initial diagnosis often led students to rectify an incorrect one. The authors suggest that formal querying may serve as a tool to reduce diagnostic errors.

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