Journal article
The influence of familiar non‐diagnostic information on the diagnostic decisions of novices
Abstract
CONTEXT: Previous research has demonstrated the influence of familiar symptom descriptions and entire case similarity on diagnostic reasoning. In this paper, we extend the role of familiarity to examine the influence of familiar non-diagnostic patient information (e.g. name and age) on the diagnostic decisions of novices, both immediately following training and after a delay. If an instance model (reliance on similar previously seen cases) has …
Authors
Young ME; Brooks LR; Norman GR
Journal
Medical Education, Vol. 45, No. 4, pp. 407–414
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
4 2011
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03799.x
ISSN
0308-0110