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Our previous investigations of error detection and correction in a laboratory setting (in-vitro) using error-embedded tasks show that individual physicians identified less than 50 % of the errors [1]. Experts corrected the errors as soon as they detected them and were better able to detect errors requiring integration of multiple elements in the case. Residents were more cautious in making decisions showing a slower error recovery pattern, and the detected errors were more procedural in nature with specific patient outcomes. In this study, error detection and correction are shown to be dependent on expertise, and on the nature of the everyday tasks of the clinicians, given that experts make top level decisions, while residents take care of patient-related problems on day-to-day basis.
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Patel, V.L., Shine, A.L., Almoosa, K.F. (2014). Error Recovery in the Wilderness of ICU. In: Patel, V., Kaufman, D., Cohen, T. (eds) Cognitive Informatics in Health and Biomedicine. Health Informatics. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-5490-7_5
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