Professionalism

Diagnostic Safety, Part 2: Impediments to Diagnostic Reasoning

Researchers have identified more than 100 biases that can interfere with diagnostic reasoning. These biases can sway practitioners’ thinking during both intuitive and deliberative cognitive processes. This activity discusses biases and offers strategies to reduce their detrimental impacts.

A Brief History of Antimicrobial Resistance

Despite mounting attention in recent years, health threats posed by antimicrobial resistance are not new. Antimicrobial resistance has dogged infectious disease treatment processes since the first modern antimicrobials were discovered.

Human Whole-Eye Donation for Research Optimizing Clinical Trial Informed Consent

Importance  Posthumous whole-eye (globe) donations for research lack a mechanism that reinvolves the existing ophthalmic research team of the donor unless there is a preplanned donor directive. Disconnection between the deceased and their research team equates to lost opportunities for the…

Leveraging Segmented Harm Event Data to Drive Equity Improvement

This module is an overview of the third focus area of the equity-informed high-reliability learning series focused on advancing equity through five quality and safety focus areas. The main goals are to center historically marginalized voices by leveraging segmented harm…

Examining Physician Gender Inequity in Medicine

This week’s edition of the Prioritizing Equity series follows recent policy adopted at the AMA’s House of Delegates meeting in June 2022 as panelists will discuss gender equity in medicine and how COVID-19 has exacerbated experiences for people identifying as…

Prioritizing Equity: Examining Physician Gender Inequity in Medicine

This week’s edition of the Prioritizing Equity series follows recent policy adopted at the AMA’s House of Delegates meeting in June 2022 as panelists will discuss gender equity in medicine and how COVID-19 has exacerbated experiences for people identifying as…