Impact of time pressure on dentists' diagnostic performance.

Plessas A, Nasser M, Hanoch Y, O'Brien T, Bernardes Delgado M, Moles D. J Dent. 2019;82:38-44.

This randomized simulation study examined the performance of dentists on a clinical diagnostic task—interpretation of dental radiographs with and without time pressure. Dentists identified abnormal findings more frequently when they did not feel time pressure, suggesting that time pressure adversely impacted their diagnostic acumen.

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