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The relationship between response time and diagnostic accuracy.
August 15, 2012
Sherbino J, Dore KL, Wood TJ, et al. Acad Med. 2012;87(6):785-791.
Cognitive shortcuts, or heuristics, are often used by clinicians to make diagnoses. Prior research has shown that inappropriate use of heuristics can lead to diagnostic errors. However, this simulation study found that diagnoses made rapidly were also more accurate, even when controlling for clinicians' baseline knowledge.
