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Diagnostic Error in Medicine Program and Schedule
Saturday, May 31
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WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS
Dr. Eta S. Berner and Dr. Mark L. Graber, Co-Directors of the Conference, and Dr. Ted Shortliffe, Dean of the University of Arizona Medical School at Phoenix will welcome participants.
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| 1:15 PM |
Keynote Address: Robert M. Wachter, MD "Why Don't Diagnostic Errors Get Any Respect and What Can Be Done About It?"
Drawing on his extensive experience highlighting problems and solutions to patient safety, Dr. Wachter's presentation will discuss how diagnostic errors have been addressed within the patient safety movement and what we can expect in the future.
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| 2:00 PM |
Keynote Address: Arthur S. Elstein, PhD "Thinking About Diagnostic Thinking"
Dr. Elstein will provide a historical overview of four decades of research on diagnostic thinking and will make recommendations for key targets for future research.
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| 3:00 PM |
BREAK
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| 3:15 PM |
Panel: Clinical Decision Making: What is it and how can it be optimized?
Panelists will discuss clinical decision making from a variety of research perspectives including decision analytic and naturalistic decision making models, cognitive science, and experimental psychology. Panelists include:
Vimla Patel, PhD (moderator)
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| 5:00 PM |
The Patient's Perspective
Mr. Paul Mongerson will open the session by sharing his experience of the impact of diagnostic errors on patients.
Discussion of additional patient stories will be moderated by Dr. Pat Croskerry.
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| 6:00- 8:00 PM |
POSTERS AND RECEPTION
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Sunday, June 1
| 8:00 AM |
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| 8:15 AM |
Issues in Education
Teaching medical students and practicing clinicians strategies to avoid diagnostic errors is an important goal, but can
these skills be taught and what are the most effective strategies? Speakers will address the clinical issues and current
research data on teaching clinical reasoning skills.
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| 9:15 AM |
Diagnostic Errors: Settings and Sources
The prevalence of diagnostic errors, their causes and the strategies to address them often vary by setting.
Participants will meet in small group settings to discuss specific types of diagnostic errors and strategies to address
them. Each person will have the opportunity to attend two different group sessions. The group leaders are experts in
each of the areas and will provide perspective and facilitate discussion.
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| 10:15 AM |
BREAK
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| 10:30 AM |
Diagnostic Errors: Settings and Sources - 2nd Group Session
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| 11:30 AM |
Lunch and Discussion of Small Group Sessions
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| 12:30 PM |
Reducing Diagnostic Error with Decision Support
This session will focus on strategies to use informatics-based approaches to improving diagnostic decision making. The
speakers include experts in the development, evaluation and implementation of decision support systems who will discuss
their experience in implementing systems, tracking diagnostic errors, as well as the evidence on the effectiveness of
these systems.
Robert A. Greenes, MD, PhD (moderator)
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| 2:00 PM |
BREAK
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| 2:15 PM |
Next Steps
Participants will meet in small groups led by members of the Conference Organizing Committee to develop recommendations
for research, education, quality improvement and funding priorities to reduce diagnostic errors. Participants will have
the opportunity to take part in two of the following groups:
Educational Strategies
Informatics Initiatives
Research Priorities
How to Involve Patients and Other Stakeholders
Cognitive Pills for Cognitive Ills
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| 3:00 PM |
Next Steps - 2nd Group Session
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| 3:45 PM |
Small Group Summaries and General Discussion
Drs. Berner and Graber will lead a discussion of the top priorities for future directions to address diagnostic errors.
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| 4:30 PM |
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