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Table 2 Diagnostic errors of medical students

From: Diagnostic errors by medical students: results of a prospective qualitative study

Type

Frequency (in %)

Knowledge base inadequate

16% (49/304)

Skills inadequate

24% (75/304)

Faulty context generation

15% (47/304)

Overestimating/underestimating

9% (28/304)

Faulty triggering

12% (35/304)

Misidentification

10% (30/304)

Premature closure

10% (29/304)

Cluelessness

3% (9/304)