Better Quality Through Better Reasoning
This module illustrates the impacts of cognitive biases and reasoning pitfalls on clinical decision-making and patients’ outcomes and how to safeguard them.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the necessity and dynamics of clinical reasoning.
- Identify common clinical cognitive biases and reasoning pitfalls
- Illustrate how cognitive biases limit clinical situational awareness.
- Employ clinical reasoning safeguard strategies and metacognition.
A Model for Learning Quality Improvement
Abstract Learning Quality Improvement QI is crucial in the process of improving quality and safety in healthcare. The Clinical Quality Exercise CQE is designed to educate medical trainees the quality review process and help them address preventable healthcare concerns. The methodology of Clinical Quality Exercise is transformative learning as a conceptual framework. Clinical Quality Exercise is as an effective and feasible education technique. The model enhances QI skills and the ACGME core competencies.