Tag: metacognition
SMACC Day 2 morning sessions: St Emlyn’s
After a fabulous first day and a very good dinner at the Quay restaurant in Sydney we are back at the ICC for day 2. The big announcement of the day was the news about …
When is a Door Not a Door? Bias, Heuristics & Metacognition
This is an amended version of a talk on metacognition I gave at the Royal North Shore Hospital Grand Round. The clinical scenario has changed but the content remains the same. The purpose of this …
It’s a Trap!
Not only do we have to battle with diagnostic uncertainty, a high intensity and stressful environment but we also have to contend with our own minds and the tricks and biases they play on us. …
Trauma: An Elite Sport? Tom Evens at the London Trauma Conference 2014
One of the things I love about conferences is listening to “fringe” talks – those which don’t necessarily cover a review of a clinical topic but encourage us to look at our overall practice in a …
Feeling in the gut or thinking in the brain..?
No more than a couple of days go by without someone around me using the phrase “gut feeling”, not just in a healthcare context but in all aspects of life. Sensing something, without the information …