Do physicians know when their diagnoses are correct? Implications for decision support and error reduction.

Charles P. Friedman; Guido G. Gatti; Timothy M. Franz; Gwendolyn C. Murphy; Fredric M. Wolf; Paul S. Heckerling; Paul L. Fine; Thomas M. Miller; Arthur S. Elstein

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Do physicians know when their diagnoses are correct? Implications for decision support and error reduction.

September 7, 2005

Friedman CP, Gatti GG, Franz TM, et al. J Gen Intern Med. 2005;20(4):334-9.

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The investigators studied medical students, senior residents, and faculty to explore the relationship between physicians' confidence in making a diagnosis and whether the diagnosis was correct.

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