Objectives

After participating in this educational activity, attendees should be able to:
1. List patient characteristics that increase the likelihood of diagnostic error
2. Discuss the role of implicit and structural bias in misdiagnosis
3. Describe methods to minimize the impact of these biases in clinical decision making 

Faculty

Dr. Harry Hoar III, M.D.
Assistant Professor, UMMS- Baystate
Adjunct Assistant Clinical Professor, Tufts University 
Department of Pediatrics
Baystate Children's Hospital- Baystate Medical Center

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.