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Prakash S, Bihari S, Need P, et al. BMC Med Educ. 2017;17:36.
Cognitive bias can lead to diagnostic error. To better understand the prevalence of cognitive error among first-year residents, interns were observed as they handled acute clinical problems during simulation sessions. Researchers found a high prevalence of cognitive error, which did not change over time and adversely affected clinical performance.