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How insight contributes to diagnostic excellence.
September 21, 2022
Shimizu T, Graber ML. Diagnosis (Berl). 2022;9(3):311-315.
Improving diagnostic reasoning skills can reduce diagnostic errors. These authors discuss how insight – or the spontaneous emergence of the correct answer at a later point in time – can be incorporated into the diagnostic process and approaches to nurturing insight through existing strategies (e.g., cognitive forcing functions, mnemonics) and enhancing both critical and creative thinking.
