# Flourishing in Medicine: From Surviving to Thriving Episode 17 From Psychology to Emergency Medicine: Dr. Pat Croskerry on Cognitive Bias and Diagnostic Safety

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Podcast: [Flourishing in Medicine: From Surviving to Thriving](https://stenobird.com/podcast/flourishing-in-medicine-from-surviving-to-thriving-6711532)
Published: 2024-10-18T20:19:27+00:00
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## Resource

The guest today is Pat Croskerry, MD, PhD, is a professor in emergency medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Trained as an experimental psychologist, Dr. Croskerry went on to become an emergency medicine physician and found himself surprised by the relatively scant amount of attention given to cognitive errors. He has become one of the world's foremost experts in safety in emergency medicine and diagnostic errors. Dr. Croskerry is currently Director of the Critical Thinking Program within the Division of Medical Education, Dalhousie University. His interests lie primarily in clinical decision making, diagnostic failure, and the role of cognitive and affective bias in decision making. Recent work is aimed at cognitive bias mitigation. During this fascinating conversation, Pat shares his unique path to medicine, stemming from a background in psychology that instilled a focus on critical thinking and cognitive biases, and the discipline to study medicine, informed by his brief rowing career during which, as a member of the Canadian National Team he competed in the Olympic Games. He delves into specific biases affecting medical decision-making, such as emotional affective, anchoring, and search satisficing biases, stressing the need to mitigate these biases for accurate diagnoses. Furthermore, he explores the impact of cognitive load and decision fatigue on physician well-being, advocating for a reconsideration of critical thinking's role in modern medical practice to ensure optimal performance and professional satisfaction. Guest: Pat Croskerry, MD, PhD, FRCP LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pat-croskerry-199a8132/ Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_Croskerry NEJM Interview: https://www.nejm.org/action/showMediaPlay…

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