Radiology Reporting Workshop Series

RW 18 - Distractions and errors in radiology

March 1, 09:30 - 10:30 CET

30 min
Errors in radiology
Asha Omar, Plymouth / United Kingdom
  1. To outline the reader and system specific contributing factors to error.
  2. To discuss systems of cognition and cognition biases and how they contribute to error.
  3. To discuss the governance of error in the UK health setting.
  4. To outline how errors impact patients.
30 min
Radiology distraction and fatal error: lessons from other safety critical industries
Philip Coates, Plymouth / United Kingdom
  1. To understand task unrelated thoughts and how these contribute to error, and how to minimise this.
  2. To understand how distraction-conflict contributes to attentional conflict.
  3. To understand the role of dopamine as a motivator for behaviours, and the potential role this plays in addictive behaviours such as social media use in the workplace.