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- Title
Deliberate clinical inertia: Using meta-cognition to improve decision-making.
- Authors
KEIJZERS, Gerben; FATOVICH, Daniel M.; EGERTON-WARBURTON, Diana; CULLEN, Louise; SCOTT, Ian A.; GLASZIOU, Paul; CROSKERRY, Pat
- Abstract
Deliberate clinical inertia is the art of doing nothing as a positive response. To be able to apply this concept, individual clinicians need to specifically focus on their clinical decision-making. The skill of solving problems and making optimal clinical decisions requires more attention in medical training and should play a more prominent part of the medical curriculum. This paper provides suggestions on how this may be achieved. Strategies to mitigate common biases are outlined, with an emphasis on reversing a 'more is better' culture towards more temperate, critical thinking. To incorporate such an approach in medical curricula and in clinical practice, institutional endorsement and support is required.
- Subjects
COGNITION; CRITICAL thinking; CURRICULUM; MEDICAL education; DECISION making in clinical medicine; SOCIAL support
- Publication
Emergency Medicine Australasia, 2018, Vol 30, Issue 4, p585
- ISSN
1742-6731
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/1742-6723.13126