Articles in the curriculum
Lecture 1: Understanding cognitive bias
Lecture 2: Types of cognitive bias
Lecture 3: Systematic causes of error
Lecture 4: Recognizing when you are about to make a cognitive error
Lecture 5: Reviewing prior imaging
Lecture 6: Using the Electronic Medical Record
- Dalla Palma L, Stacul F, Meduri S, Geitung JT. Relationships between radiologists and clinicians: results from three surveys. Clin Radiol.2000 Aug;55(8):602-5.
- Graber ML, Kissam S, Payne VL, Meyer AN, Sorensen A, Lenfestey N, Tant E, Henriksen K, Labresh K, Singh H. Cognitive interventions to reduce diagnostic error: a narrative review. BMJ Qual Saf. 2012Jul;21(7):535-57.
Lecture 7: Using structured reports as checklists
Lecture 8: Incorporating second opinions
- Lauritzen PM, Andersen JG, Stokke MV, Tennstrand AL, Aamodt R, Heggelund T, Dahl FA, Sandbæk G, Hurlen P, Gulbrandsen P. Radiologist-initiated double reading of abdominal CT: retrospective analysis of the clinical importance of changes to radiology reports. BMJ Qual Saf. 2016 Aug;25(8):595-603.
- Rosenkrantz AB, Duszak R Jr, Babb JS, Glover M, Kang SK. Discrepancy Rates and Clinical Impact of Imaging Secondary Interpretations: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Am Coll Radiol. 2018 Sep;15(9):1222-1231.
Lecture 9: Developing awareness of your own blind spots and biases
- Sosna J, Esses SJ, Yeframov N, Bernstine H, Sella T, Fraifeld S, Kruskal JB, Groshar D. Blind spots at oncological CT: lessons learned from PET/CT. Cancer Imaging. 2012 Aug 10;12:259-68.
- Bahrami S, Yim CM. Quality initiatives: blind spots at brain imaging. Radiographics. 2009 Nov;29(7):1877-96.
- Ropp A, Waite S, Reede D, Patel J. Did I miss that: subtle and commonly missed findings on chest radiographs. Curr Probl Diagn Radiol. 2015May-Jun;44(3):277-89.
Lecture 10: Avoiding communication failures
- Waite S, Scott JM, Drexler I, Martino J, Legasto A, Gale B, Kolla S. Communication errors in radiology - Pitfalls and how to avoid them. Clin Imaging. 2018 Sep - Oct;51:266-272.
- Siewert B, Brook OR, Hochman M, Eisenberg RL. Impact of Communication Errors in Radiology on Patient Care, Customer Satisfaction, and Work-Flow Efficiency. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 2016 Mar;206(3):573-9.
Lecture 11: Reducing malpractice risk
Lecture 12: Learning from diagnostic errors
Selected articles on related topics
- Patel SH, Stanton CL, Miller SG, Patrie JT, Itri JN, Shepherd TM. Risk Factors for Perceptual-versus-Interpretative Errors in Diagnostic Neuroradiology. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 2019 Aug;40(8):1252-1256.
- Itri JN, Raghavan K, Patel SB, Broder JC, Tierney S,Gray D, Burleson J, MacDonald S, and Seidenwurm DJ. Developing Quality Measures for Diagnostic Radiologists: Part 1. J Am Coll Radiol. 2018 Oct;15(10):1362-1365
- Itri JN, Raghavan K, Patel SB, Broder JC, Tierney S, Gray D, Burleson J, MacDonald S, and Seidenwurm DJ. Developing Quality Measures for Diagnostic Radiologists: Part 2. J Am Coll Radiol. 2018 Oct;15(10):1366-1384.
- Maldonado MD, Batchala P, Ornan D, Fadul C, Schiff D, Itri JN, Jain R, Patel SH.Features of diffuse gliomas that are misdiagnosed on initial neuroimaging: a case control study. J Neurooncol. 2018 Oct;140(1):107-113.
- Itri JN, Bakow E, Probyn L, Kadom N, Duong PAT, Mankowski Gettle L, Mendiratta-Lal M, Scali EP, Winkour RS, Zygmont ME, Kung JW, and Rosenkrantz AB. The Science of Quality Improvement. Acad Radiol. 2017Mar;24(3):253-262.
- Zygmont ME, Itri JN, Rosenkrantz AB, Duong PAT , Mankowski Gettle L, Mendiratta-Lal M, Scali EP, Winkour RS, Probyn L, Kung JW, Bakow E, and Kadom N. Radiology Research in Quality and Safety: Current Trends and Future Needs. Acad Radiol. 2017 Mar;24(3):263-272.
- Moriarty AK, Hawkins CM, Geis JR, Dreyer KJ, Kramer AP, Khandheria P, Morey J, Whitfill J, Wiggins RH, and Itri JN. Meaningful Peer Review inRadiology: A Review of Current Practices and Potential Future Directions. Journal of the American College of Radiology, J Am Coll Radiol. 2016 Dec;13(12 Pt A):1519-1524.
- Itri JN. Patient-center Radiology. Radiographics. 2015 Oct;35(6):1835-46.
- Bump GM, Calabria J, Gosman G,Eckart C, Metro D, Jasti H, McCausland JB, Itri JN, Patel RM, and Buchert A. Evaluating the Clinical Learning Environment: Resident and Fellow Perceptions of Patient Safety Culture. Journal of Graduate Medical Education.2015 Mar;7(1):109-113.
- Itri JN, Bakow E, and WoodsJ. Creating an Outpatient Center of Excellence in CT. J Am Coll Radiol. 2014 Dec;11(12 Pt A):1137-43.
- Durand D, Krupinski E, Duszak R, Lewin J, Ding A, Fotenos A, Robertson C, Itri J, and Savoie B. Expert witness blinding strategies to mitigate bias in radiology malpractice cases: A comprehensive review of the literature. J Am Coll Radiol. 2014 Jul 16. pii: S1546-1440(14)00248-8.
- Itri JN, Jones LP, Kim W, Boonn WW, Kolansky AS, Hilton S, and Zafar H. Developing an automated database for monitoring ultrasound- and computed tomography-guided procedure complications and diagnostic yield. Journal of Digital Imaging. 2014 Apr;27(2):270-9.
- Ruutiainen AT, Durand DJ, Scanlon MH, and Itri JN. Increased error rates in preliminary reports issued by radiology residents working more than 10 consecutive hours overnight. Academic Radiology 2013; 20(3):305-311
- Itri JN and Krishnaraj A. Do we need a national incident reporting system for medical imaging? J Am Coll Radiol 2012; 9:329-335.
- Itri JN, Kang HC, Krishnan S, Nathan DL, and Scanlon MH. Using focused missed case conferences to reduce discrepancies in musculoskeletal studies interpreted by residents on call. AJR Am J Roentgenol 2011; 197:W696-705.
- Ruutiainen AT, Scanlon MH and Itri JN. Identifying benchmarks for discrepancy rates in preliminary interpretations provided by radiology trainees at an academic institution. J Am Coll Radiol. 2011 8(9):644-8.
- Itri JN, Olmsted WW and Nagy P. A Resident Journal Club for Quality Improvement. J Am Coll Radiol 20118(4):225-227.
- Itri JN, Kim W, and Scanlon MH. Orion: A web-based application designed to monitor resident and fellow performance on-call. J Digit Imaging 2011 24(5):897-907.
- Itri JN, Redfern RO, and Scanlon MH. Using a web-based application to enhance resident training and improve performance on-call. Acad Radiol 17(7):917-20, 2010.
