Factors underlying suboptimal diagnostic performance in physicians under time pressure. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Factors underlying suboptimal diagnostic performance in physicians under time pressure. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Study
 
• Published October 2018

Factors underlying suboptimal diagnostic performance in physicians under time pressure.

ALQahtani DA, Rotgans JI, Mamede S, Mahzari MM, Al-Ghamdi GA, Schmidt HG. Med Educ. 2018;52:1288-1298

In this educational study, internal medicine resident physicians were randomized to solve standardized cases with and without time pressure. The time-pressured group performed worse, and they reported more stress and generated fewer possible diagnoses.

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