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To think is good: querying an initial hypothesis reduces diagnostic error in medical students.
July 2, 2014
Coderre S, Wright B, McLaughlin K. Acad Med. 2010;85(7):1125-9.
This study found that questioning an initial diagnosis often led students to rectify an incorrect one. The authors suggest that formal querying may serve as a tool to reduce diagnostic errors.
