On February 10 at Third Coast on Bertner Avenue in Houston, Texas Children’s Chief of Otolaryngology Dr. Ellis Arjmand and Dr. Oded Netzer, professor of business at Columbia Business School in New York City, will lead an interactive workshop focused on the psychology of decision making in medicine.
During the 8-hour course, attendees will learn about the psychology of decision making and how to make smarter decisions in the presence of uncertainty.
Building on the landmark research from two trailblazing psychologists, Drs. Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, attendees will learn how to recognize cognitive bias and systematic errors in decision making. Topics discussed include:
- Cognitive Bias and Decision Making
- Systematic Forms of Error: Understanding Our Biases
- System I and System II: Thinking Fast and Slow
- Interrogating the Data
- Understanding Error in Medical Decision Making
- Syntheses vs. Summary
- Reducing Bias in Medical Decision Making
To register for the Continuing Medical Education course or for more information about the event, click here.