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Guided reflection interventions show no effect on diagnostic accuracy in medical students.

Lambe KA, Hevey D, Kelly BD. Front Psychol. 2018;9:2297.

This randomized educational experiment found that medical students in their final years of training did not perform better on diagnosing standardized cases when given a guided reflection method compared to simply using their first impression. This study emphasizes the challenge in developing tools for clinicians to enhance diagnostic cognition.

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