ebm reviews Cognition

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Blog posts looking at the role of cognition and the psychological side of emergency medicine and critical care.

The human mind is imperfect. We all make mistakes. We are all susceptible to bias. Although we love to […]

Decision Making in Emergency Medicine: We can’t escape bias

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The human mind is imperfect. We all make mistakes. We are all susceptible to bias. Although we love to […]

Decision Making in Emergency Medicine: Availability Bias

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managing stress - performance under pressure

Improving your performance in high pressure situations

Performance Under Pressure (how to manage stress)

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The final installment of the cognitive theory series explores a few of the problems of attempting to apply current cognitive theory to medical practice

Cognitive theory in medicine: Some problems

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A brief review of some of the techniques described to avoid cognitive errors in medicine

Cognitive errors in medicine: Mitigation of cognitive errors

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A brief review of the many common cognitive errors we all make in the practice of medicine

Cognitive errors in medicine: The common errors

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A brief summary of the role of cognitive theory and errors medicine

Cognitive theory in medicine: A brief overview

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