Psychologist Myrthe Jansen conducted research into the performance monitoring that constantly takes place in our heads. People with obsessive-compulsive symptoms are more afraid to make a mistake that harms others than when ...
Nov 20, 2023
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The Nobel prize winning physicist Niels Bohr once said, "An expert is a (person) that has made all the mistakes that can be made in a narrow field." This idea, that to master a skill we must learn from our mistakes and avoid ...
Apr 25, 2023
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You learn from your mistakes. At least, most of us have been told so. But science shows that we often fail to learn from past errors. Instead, we are likely to keep repeating the same mistakes.
Apr 21, 2023
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Claims for financial compensation for medical mistakes in South Africa have been on the rise since 2007. Recently, however, criminal charges for medical errors have also become more prevalent. One such case is that of Dr. ...
Apr 12, 2023
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Brazil's government on Tuesday reported the 700,000th death from COVID-19 in the South American nation, which has the second most victims of the virus after the United States.
Mar 29, 2023
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The odds that a doctor will diagnose your child with pediatric cancer are slim, and the chances of a brain cancer diagnosis are even smaller.
Sep 30, 2022
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In 2011, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) limited first-year resident-physicians' work hours to no more than 16 consecutive hours after studies indicated that longer shifts may increase risk ...
May 11, 2022
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Dr. Christopher Duntsch was a spine surgeon so reckless, incompetent or impaired that he's now in a Texas prison. Better known as "Dr. Death," Duntsch severed nerves, vocal cords and arteries that should not have been touched. ...
Oct 13, 2021
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In baseball, a batter's reaction when he swings and misses can differ depending on whether he was totally fooled by the pitch or simply missed the change-up he expected. Interpreting these reactions is critical when a pitcher ...
Nov 2, 2020
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In late November 1999, a TV producer called me about an alarming report that 44,000 to 98,000 Americans were being killed each year by preventable errors in hospitals and another 1 million were being injured.
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