The 'curse of knowledge': when medical expertise can sometimes be a liability.

IF 2.2 Q2 MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL

Diagnosis Pub Date : 2024-04-29 eCollection Date: 2024-11-01 DOI:10.1515/dx-2024-0064

Narinder Kapur

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知识的诅咒"：医学知识有时会成为一种负担。

医学专业知识与出色的病人护理和良好的临床决策息息相关。尽管这一点总体上依然正确，但越来越多的证据表明，在某些情况下，医学专业知识可能会成为一种负担，医学专家比初级医务人员更容易出错。提高对这种 "知识魔咒 "的认识可能会改善患者安全。

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Diagnosis MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL-

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期刊介绍： Diagnosis focuses on how diagnosis can be advanced, how it is taught, and how and why it can fail, leading to diagnostic errors. The journal welcomes both fundamental and applied works, improvement initiatives, opinions, and debates to encourage new thinking on improving this critical aspect of healthcare quality.　 Topics: -Factors that promote diagnostic quality and safety -Clinical reasoning -Diagnostic errors in medicine -The factors that contribute to diagnostic error: human factors, cognitive issues, and system-related breakdowns -Improving the value of diagnosis – eliminating waste and unnecessary testing -How culture and removing blame promote awareness of diagnostic errors -Training and education related to clinical reasoning and diagnostic skills -Advances in laboratory testing and imaging that improve diagnostic capability -Local, national and international initiatives to reduce diagnostic error