Broadening our understanding of clinical quality: From attribution error to situated cognition

A. R. Artino; S. J. Durning; D. M. Waechter; K. L. Leary; W. R. Gilliland

doi:10.1038/clpt.2011.229

Broadening our understanding of clinical quality: From attribution error to situated cognition

A. R. Artino, S. J. Durning, D. M. Waechter, K. L. Leary, W. R. Gilliland^*

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Abstract

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.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	167-169
Number of pages	3
Journal	Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Volume	91
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/clpt.2011.229
State	Published - Feb 2012
Externally published	Yes

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