Meeting
Abstract Number: 259
SHM Converge 2021
Background: The diagnostic process is fraught with diagnostic uncertainty. Typically, discussions about diagnostic uncertainty occur upon admission and during rounds, which are increasingly conducted virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic. Furthermore, key dimensions in the diagnostic process (history taking, physical examination, interpretation of diagnostic tests) are affected by breakdowns in communication between patients and clinicians, physical […]
Abstract Number: 260
SHM Converge 2021
Background: Preclerkship medical education promotes the concept of clinical certainty through multiple choice testing and diagnostic reasoning curricula focused on System 1 thinking, namely illness scripts and pattern recognition (1). Clerkship medical education reinforces this concept via diagnosis driven didactic sessions and limited physician-led discussions of management uncertainty (2). Yet, clinical uncertainty is an inherent […]