Factors underlying suboptimal diagnostic performance in physicians under time pressure

• Main Authors: ALQahtani, Dalal A., Rotgans, Jerome Ingmar, Mamede, Silvia, Mahzari, Moeber M., Al-Ghamdi, Ghassan A., Schmidt, Henk G.
• Other Authors: Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine (LKCMedicine)
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2020
• Subjects: Science::Medicine; Diagnostic Performance; Time Pressure
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/139230
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Context: Time pressure has been implicated in the suboptimal diagnostic performance of doctors and in increases in diagnostic errors. However, the reasons underlying these effects are not clear. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of time pressure on physicians' diagnostic ac...