Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. Identify the cognitive processes involved in diagnosis
2. Define diagnostic error
3. Discuss the principles of developing diagnostic reasoning expertise
4. Develop a plan to become a master diagnostician

Faculty

Harry Hoar, III, MD
Department of Pediatrics
Baystate Children's Hospital

Faculty Disclosure

The design and content of Baystate Continuing Interprofessional Education ( CE ) activities support quality improvement in healthcare and provide fair and balanced views of therapeutic options.  Faculty or planner conflicts of interest are resolved before the educational activity.

None of the members of the faculty and planning committee for this educational event have commercial relationships with any entity producing, marketing, re-selling or distributing health care goods and services consumed by or used on patients.