Physicians' diagnostic accuracy, confidence, and resource requests: a vignette study.

Ashley N D Meyer; Velma L Payne; Derek W Meeks; Radha Rao; Hardeep Singh

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Physicians' diagnostic accuracy, confidence, and resource requests: a vignette study.

September 11, 2013

Meyer AND, Payne VL, Meeks DW, et al. JAMA Intern Med. 2013;173(21):1952-1958.

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Physicians generally overestimated their ability to diagnose both straightforward and complex cases in this simulated study. Overconfidence has been previously identified as a significant contributor to diagnostic error.

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