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It is thought that 1 in 10 diagnoses made by doctors is incorrect. The Institute of Medicine 2016 report, �Improving Diagnosis in Healthcare �, concludes that It is likely that most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences. Improving diagnosis is a patient safety imperative that requires a team effort. In this conference, researchers, clinicians, cognitive psychologists, medical educators and patients will come together to explore this rapidly expanding, often puzzling and exciting field of patient safety.

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Place : Australia, Melbourne

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Contact Person:Samantha Williamson

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It is thought that 1 in 10 diagnoses made by doctors is incorrect. The Institute of Medicine 2016 report, ‘Improving Diagnosis in Healthcare ‘, concludes that “It is likely that most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences.” Improving diagnosis is a patient safety imperative that requires a team effort. In this conference, researchers, clinicians, cognitive psychologists, medical educators and patients will come together to explore this rapidly expanding, often puzzling and exciting field of patient safety.

It is thought that 1 in 10 diagnoses made by doctors is incorrect. The Institute of Medicine 2016 report, �Improving Diagnosis in Healthcare �, concludes that It is likely that most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences. Improving diagnosis is a patient safety imperative that requires a team effort. In this conference, researchers, clinicians, cognitive psychologists, medical educators and patients will come together to explore this rapidly expanding, often puzzling and exciting field of patient safety. will be held in Melbourne,Australia on date 2017-05-25

Deadline for abstracts/proposals : 13th March 2017

Organized By :ASHM

Keynote Speakers : Mark L. Graber, MD - Senior Fellow at RTI International and Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the State University of New York. Paul L. Epner MBA, MEd - Executive Vice President and co-founder of the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine. Robert Trowbridge, MD - Assistant Professor of Medicine at Tufts University School of Medicine and an adult hospitalist at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. Dr Anne Miller - Adjunct Associate Professor with Clinical and Rehabilitation Scienc

Conference Highlights :- Team, communication and culture - Patient engagement in diagnostic error - Role of the nurse in diagnosis - National Standards - Human Factors and diagnostic error - The effect of diagnostic error in clinicians and patients - Language of diagnosis - Teaching clinical reasoning - How IT can be used to improve diagnosis - Radiology and Pathology. The importance of Diagnostic Collaboration - Engaging your Medical Administration and diagnostic error - Cognitive biases, how doctors thin

Venue :Pullman Melbourne Albert Park, Queens Road, Albert Park, Victoria, Australia

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It is thought that 1 in 10 diagnoses made by doctors is incorrect. The Institute of Medicine 2016 report, �Improving Diagnosis in Healthcare �, concludes that It is likely that most people will experience at least one diagnostic error in their lifetime, sometimes with devastating consequences. Improving diagnosis is a patient safety imperative that requires a team effort. In this conference, researchers, clinicians, cognitive psychologists, medical educators and patients will come together to explore this rapidly expanding, often puzzling and exciting field of patient safety.

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