Confidence and certainty in medical diagnoses within acute healthcare: a scoping review
Improving the calibration of confidence should be a priority for medical education and clinical practice (eg, via decision aids). We propose a theoretical model of factors that affect diagnostic confidence/certainty. Such a model can inform future work on how appropriate diagnostic confidence can be prompted and communicated among clinicians.
Authors
- Nick Yeung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1905-2129)
- Helen Higham (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5796-0377)
- Sriraj Aiyer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1755-948X)
Institutions
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust (GB)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMJ Quality & Safety
- Published
- 2025-12-03
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjqs-2024-017997
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.52