TY - JOUR
T1 - Broadening our understanding of clinical quality
T2 - From attribution error to situated cognition
AU - Artino, A. R.
AU - Durning, S. J.
AU - Waechter, D. M.
AU - Leary, K. L.
AU - Gilliland, W. R.
PY - 2012/2
Y1 - 2012/2
N2 - The tendency to overestimate the influence of personal characteristics on outcomes, and to underestimate the influence of situational factors, is known as the fundamental attribution error. We argue that medical-education researchers and policy makers may be guilty of this error in their quest to understand clinical quality. We suggest that to truly understand clinical quality, they must examine situational factors, which often have a strong influence on the quality of clinical encounters.
AB - The tendency to overestimate the influence of personal characteristics on outcomes, and to underestimate the influence of situational factors, is known as the fundamental attribution error. We argue that medical-education researchers and policy makers may be guilty of this error in their quest to understand clinical quality. We suggest that to truly understand clinical quality, they must examine situational factors, which often have a strong influence on the quality of clinical encounters.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84855944649&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1038/clpt.2011.229
DO - 10.1038/clpt.2011.229
M3 - Review article
C2 - 22261684
AN - SCOPUS:84855944649
SN - 0009-9236
VL - 91
SP - 167
EP - 169
JO - Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
JF - Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
IS - 2
ER -