Justin J. Badal, MD

Justin J. Badal, MD, examines the impact of cognitive bias in medical training and practice on clinical decision-making, diagnostic accuracy, and patient outcomes. He begins by defining cognitive bias, and analyzing common biases, including:

Representativeness Bias
Misconception of Regression Bias
Availability Bias
Adjustment and Anchoring Bias

Dr. Badal demonstrates examples of the impact of each bias in diagnostic testing, clinical decision-making, and patient outcomes. He concludes by making recommendations for counteracting cognitive bias in practice with evidence that bias training improves overall clinician performance.