Cognitive bias in the clinical decision making of doctors
- Resource Type
- Authors
- Kean Tan; John G. Fennell; Iolo Thomas-Jones; Davina Ding; Thomas O'Hagan
- Source
- O'Hagan, T, Fennell, J, Tan, K, Ding, D & Thomas-Jones, I 2019, Cognitive bias in the clinical decision making of doctors . in Future Healthcare Journal . Supplement 1 edn, vol. 6, Future Healthcare Journal, no. Supp 1, vol. 6, Royal College of Physicians, pp. 113, Innovation in Medicine 2018 – RCP annual conference, London, United Kingdom, 25/06/18 . https://doi.org/10.7861/futurehosp.6-1-s113
- Subject
- Medical unit
medicine.medical_specialty
Research and Innovation
Cognitive Neuroscience
Anchoring
Brain and Behaviour
Cognitive bias
Clinical decision making
medicine
Royal infirmary
Psychiatry
Psychology
- Language
- English
To investigate whether medics are susceptible to one of the most widely studied cognitive biases, anchoring; an error in thought processing where decisions are strongly influenced by previously presented information. Referrals to the acute medical unit (AMU) at the Bristol Royal Infirmary were retrospectively recorded over a 16-day period. Referrals were categorised from the information available on …