A Glen Haven physician has been named a Member of the Order of Canada for his groundbreaking work on clinical decision making and patient safety.
Dr. Pat Croskerry, who worked in emergency medicine full time for 33 years, has authored or co-authored 4 books, 44 book chapters, and more than 100 publications in leading medical journals. In 2016 he was ranked by the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians in the top 10 of most impactful Canadian
medical educators in emergency medicine.
The Order of Canada recognizes individuals for their outstanding achievement, dedication to the
community, and service to the country. Croskerry was cited specifically for setting up the Critical Thinking Program at Dalhousie University for training doctors in clinical judgement and decision making aimed at
improving patient safety.
He says he is pleased that the citation by one of the country\u2019s highest honours has drawn attention to the program because \u201chistorically, it has been a neglected area of clinical practice in medicine.\u201d
\u201cThe critical thinking program put a focus on that process and emphasized the importance of how doctors think,\u201d he adds. \u201cHaving a knowledge of medicine and an understanding of disease doesn\u2019t guarantee a physician will always make an appropriate diagnosis.\u201d
Croskerry notes that patient diagnoses are often influenced by a wide range of factors, including
workplace conditions, fatigue, the physician\u2019s past experiences, and unconscious biases, which
he described as \u201cthe biggest threat to clinical reasoning and decision-making.\u201d
He has devoted the last 25 years to increasing awareness among the medical community about these threats and offering strategies to overcome them. \u201cHow healthcare professionals make their decisions is probably their most important skill.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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