Diagnosis: Teaching, Measuring, Innovating
hosted by the UCSF Department of Medicine on April 25, 2024
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About the Event
The critical thinking required to diagnose a patient’s condition is fundamental to our work as internists. Yet if done poorly, diagnostic errors and inequities can deeply harm patients – in fact, studies have shown that several hundred thousand patients die or suffer major harm from diagnostic mistakes each year. In this Grand Rounds, we’ll have three expert faculty explore fundamental issues in diagnosis, each seen through their specialized lenses of research, informatics, and education. We will explore the measurement of diagnostic errors, the ability to harness AI to enhance diagnostic reasoning, and the future of diagnostic excellence. This year, our department became the home of a national Coordinating Center for Diagnostic Excellence (CoDEx), funded by a $15 million grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation.
Featured Speakers
Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine
Chief, Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation (DoC-IT)
Interim Director, Coordinating Center for Diagnostic Excellence (CoDEx)
Director, Center for Clinical Informatics & Improvement Research (CLIIR)
Andrew Auerbach, MD
Professor of Medicine
Gurpreet Dhaliwal, MD
Professor of Medicine
Site Director, Internal Medicine Clerkship at the San Francisco VA Medical Center
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