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Framing Bias among Expert and Novice Physicians.

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Christensen, Caryn; And Others – Academic Medicine, 1991

A study explored the responses of medical students, resident physicians, and experienced physicians to 12 vignettes describing hypothetical patients to determine the relationship between clinical experience and susceptibility to bias in treatment decisions resulting from presentation of possible outcomes. Framing bias was most evident in the…

Descriptors: Bias, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Evaluative Thinking

Semantic Structures and Diagnostic Thinking of Experts and Novices.

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Bordage, Georges; Lemieux, Madeleine – Academic Medicine, 1991

The diagnostic discourse of medical students and physicians in thinking-aloud protocols on paper cases was analyzed for evidence of semantic structure. Results show that structural semantics can be used to distinguish various levels of mental processing among novices as well as between novices and professionals. (MSE)

Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis