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SUMMARY:The Art & Science of Clinical Problem-Solving - Professor Sanjay S
 aint\, Chief of Medicine at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and the Dir
 ector of the Ann Arbor VA Medical Center/University of Michigan Patient Sa
 fety Enhancement Program (PSEP)
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CONTACT:Lucy Lloyd
DESCRIPTION:All welcome but please "*register for this event*":https://www
 .eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-art-science-of-clinical-problem-solving-with-profe
 ssor-sanjay-saint-tickets-33006147275?aff=ehomecard\n\nAll are warmly invi
 ted to drinks reception after this event.\n\nProfessor Sanjay Saint\, the 
 George Dock Professor of Internal Medicine at the University of Michigan\,
  Chief of Medicine at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System\, and a Special C
 orrespondent to the New England Journal of Medicine\, will give a special 
 lecture on clinical problem-solving. He will make the following key points
  during this lecture. First\, he will argue that clinical problem-solving 
 (or “medical decision-making”) is an essential function of the physici
 an. Second\, he will show that pattern recognition works well for some dia
 gnoses but\, unfortunately\, studies have revealed that diagnostic error i
 s common. Third\, he will describe several different types of cognitive er
 ror – such as availability bias\, anchoring heuristic\, and premature cl
 osure – and discuss how they are important causes of diagnostic error. F
 ourth\, he will outline some suggestions of how to become better problem-s
 olvers. Finally\, he will present clinical cases to the audience – which
  will include audience participation – that will that exemplify several 
 of the points discussed. \n\nHis teaching objectives are: \n1) Discuss the
  different types of diagnostic errors\n2) Review common heuristics and cog
 nitive biases in clinical medicine\n3) Present clinical cases to the audie
 nce (one from adult medicine and one from pediatrics) and discuss the clin
 ical and cognitive aspects of the case\n\n*About Professor Saint*\n\nSanja
 y Saint\, MD\, MPH\, is the Chief of Medicine at the VA Ann Arbor Healthca
 re System and the George Dock Professor of Internal Medicine at the Univer
 sity of Michigan. \n\nHis research focuses on preventing healthcare-associ
 ated infection\, implementation science\, and medical decision-making. He 
 has authored over 300 peer-reviewed papers with 100 of those appearing in 
 the New England Journal of Medicine\, JAMA\, The Lancet or the Annals of I
 nternal Medicine. He serves on the editorial board of 7 peer-reviewed jour
 nals including the Annals of Internal Medicine\, is a Special Corresponden
 t to the New England Journal of Medicine\, and is an elected member of the
  American Society for Clinical Investigation. \n\nHe has written for The W
 all Street Journal\, Detroit News\, and Detroit Free Press. He is also the
  lead author of a book published by Oxford University Press entitled: “P
 reventing Hospital Infections: Real-World Problems\, Realistic Solutions.
 ” He received the 2016 Mark Wolcott Award from the Department of Veteran
 s Affairs as the National VA Physician of the Year\, and presented a recen
 t TEDx Talk on culture change in healthcare.\n\nHe received his Medical Do
 ctorate from UCLA\, completed a medical residency and chief residency at t
 he University of California at San Francisco (UCSF)\, and obtained a Maste
 rs in Public Health (as a Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholar) from the U
 niversity of Washington in Seattle.  He has been a visiting professor at o
 ver 75 universities and hospitals in the United States\, Europe\, and Japa
 n\, and has active research studies underway with investigators in Switzer
 land\, Italy\, Japan\, Australia\, and Thailand. \n\n
LOCATION:Cancer Research UK Institute\, Li Ka Shing Centre\, Robinson Way\
 , CB2 0RE\, Cambridge
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