Competence and Excellence in Medical Practice
As a senior GP registrar about to sit exams I felt that I was brimming with knowledge. So why then was I still second guessing myself about certain patients at the end of the day? I spoke with my learned supervisor about this – he’s been in the game a long time and has a much […]
How much risk do you tolerate? Read More »
How do we know what we don’t know, especially if we’re sure that we know enough? Overconfidence when making clinical decisions is common in doctors, and particularly as we become more experienced clinicians. As GPs we see the most undifferentiated of presentations and we use one of two Systems in our brain to define the
Removing your clinical blinkers Read More »
So last weeks blog focused on anchoring bias. Remember Phillip with the ‘flu’ who unfortunately ended up with meningococcal meningitis? This week we are going to explore Information and availability bias. Information bias is the belief that the more information you can gather to support your decision the better. Now it is fair to say
When you can’t see the forest for the trees… Read More »
Mr Brown drives the community bus daily from the aged care home to the local RSL. He has come to see you reluctantly as he has welcomed the magical 75th birthday and received a reminder that he requires a license medical. ‘But Doc, I’ve been driving for 60 years and never had an accident, surely
Is it time for a ‘clinical’ vision check? Read More »