Resident uncertainty in clinical decision making and impact on patient care: a qualitative study.

J M Farnan; J K Johnson; D O Meltzer; H J Humphrey; V M Arora

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Resident uncertainty in clinical decision making and impact on patient care: a qualitative study.

April 16, 2008

Farnan JM, Johnson JK, Meltzer DO, et al. Qual Saf Health Care. 2008;17(2):122-6.

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This study used critical incident analysis techniques to explore how internal medicine residents handled clinical decision-making, with specific attention to how authority gradients affected when residents asked for advice and whom they approached for assistance.

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