Diagnostic errors by medical students: results of a prospective qualitative study

Abstract Background Diagnostic errors occur frequently in daily clinical practice and put patients’ safety at risk. There is an urgent need to improve education on clinical reasoning to reduce diagnostic errors. However, little is known about diagnostic errors of medical students. In this study, the...

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Main Authors: Leah T. Braun, Laura Zwaan, Jan Kiesewetter, Martin R. Fischer, Ralf Schmidmaier
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-017-1044-7