A mixed-methods exploration of cognitive dispositions to respond and clinical reasoning errors with multiple choice questions.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cognitive dispositions to respond (i.e., cognitive biases and heuristics) are well-established clinical reasoning phenomena. While thought by many to be error-prone, some scholars contest that these cognitive dispositions to respond are pragmatic solutions for reasoning through clinical complexity that are associated with errors largely due to hindsight bias and flawed experimental design. The purpose of this study was to prospectively identify cognitive dispositions to respond occurring during clinical reasoning to determine whether they are actually associated with increased odds of an incorrect answer (i.e., error).

Methods

Using the cognitive disposition to respond framework, this mixed-methods study applied a constant comparative qualitative thematic analysis

SUBMITTER: Surry LT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6251119 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature