Twelve tips on engaging learners in checking health care decisions

BACKGROUND: Checking diagnostic and management decisions can help reduce medical error, however, little literature explores how this is best taught. AIMS: To provide practical advice to direct teaching practices. METHODS: The authors conducted a literature review using Medline and PsychInfo using search terms: check or checklist and medical error or diagnostic error, supplemented by a manual search through cited literature. CONCLUSION: Twelve tips for teaching how to check diagnostic and management decisions are presented.