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Predictors of diagnostic accuracy and safe management in difficult diagnostic problems in family medicineOlga Kostopoulou
Primary Care Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Med Decis Making 28:668-80. 2008..To investigate the role of information gathering and clinical experience on the diagnosis and management of difficult diagnostic problems in family medicine...
Abstract and reduced-context representations in fault-finding trainingO Kostopoulou
School of Psychology, University of Wales Cardiff, UK
Ergonomics 44:175-201. 2001..This raises the question as to whether diagnostic strategies are necessarily best conveyed solely in verbal form, if the intention is to train transferable skill...
Sources of variability in uncertain medical decisions in the ICU: a process tracing studyO Kostopoulou
Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Birmingham, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Qual Saf Health Care 13:272-80. 2004..The ventilation outcome is uncertain and there is evidence of variability when this decision is made, the sources of which are not well understood...
From cognition to the system: developing a multilevel taxonomy of patient safety in general practiceO Kostopoulou
Department of Primary Care and General Practice, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
Ergonomics 49:486-502. 2006..The properties of the taxonomy (validity, reliability, comprehensiveness) as well as its usability and acceptability remain to be tested with potential users...
Confidential reporting of patient safety events in primary care: results from a multilevel classification of cognitive and system factorsOlga Kostopoulou
University of Birmingham, Primary Care Clinical Sciences Building, Birmingham B15 2TT, UK
Qual Saf Health Care 16:95-100. 2007..To classify events of actual or potential harm to primary care patients using a multilevel taxonomy of cognitive and system factors...
Diagnostic difficulty and error in primary care--a systematic reviewOlga Kostopoulou
School of Health and Population Sciences, College of Medicine and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Fam Pract 25:400-13. 2008..Diagnostic error in primary care can have serious implications for the patient, the clinician and the health-care system, possibly more so than other types of error...
Missing celiac disease in family medicine: the importance of hypothesis generationOlga Kostopoulou
Primary Care Clinical Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK
Med Decis Making 29:282-90. 2009..Delays in diagnosing celiac disease average 13 years. We aimed to identify reasons for misdiagnosis in family medicine...
Making decisions about benefits and harms of medicinesTrisha Greenhalgh
Department of Primary Care and Population Sciences, University College London, London N19 5LW
BMJ 329:47-50. 2004
Do GPs report diagnostic errors?Olga Kostopoulou
Fam Pract 25:1-2. 2008
