Teaching about diagnostic errors through virtual patient cases: a pilot exploration.

Geha R, Trowbridge RL, Dhaliwal G, Olson APJ. Diagnosis (Berl). 2018;5:223-227.

Prior research has shown that educational interventions can be developed to teach trainees about cognitive biases that contribute to diagnostic errors. The authors describe the development and implementation of a virtual patient module to teach medical students about the diagnostic process.

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