The Dunning‒Kruger effect in resident predicted and actual performance on the American Board of Emergency Medicine in-training examination.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The Dunning-Kruger effect (DKE) is a cognitive bias wherein individuals who are unskilled overestimate their abilities, while those who are skilled tend to underestimate their capabilities. The purpose of this investigation is to determine if the DKE exists among American Board of Emergency Medicine (ABEM) in-training examination (ITE) participants.

Methods

This is a prospective, cross-sectional survey of residents in Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)-accredited emergency medicine (EM) residency programs. All residents who took the 2022 ABEM ITE were eligible for inclusion. Residents from international programs, residents in combined training programs, and those who did not complete the voluntary post-ITE survey were excluded. Half of th

SUBMITTER: Gaeta TJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11502208 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature