Background Clinical decision-making is influenced by cognitive biases, yet traditional medical education provides limited opportunities to explore these biases in real-time. This study evaluates whether outdoor experiential learning enhances awareness of decision-making processes and bias recognition among emergency medicine (EM) residents. Methods We developed an outdoor experiential workshop where EM residents selected one of three …

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Background Healthcare providers often experience emotional strain following patient death, yet structured coping mechanisms remain limited. Brief interventions like The Pause show promise. We evaluated the Three-Breath technique—a short guided meditation to honor the deceased and support clinician resilience—for its potential use in emergency medicine. Methods Emergency physicians completed a mixed-methods survey assessing experiences with …

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Abstract Objective: To foster professional identity formation within medical education using habit formation techniques. Background and Rationale: As outlined in Linsenmeyers’s1 work, incorporating self reflection increases professional identity formation. By combining these self-reflection strategies with the habit formation techniques discussed by Shnayder-Adams2 we can develop a multitude of professional identity formation habits. Design and Methods: …

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Abstract Objective: To design an experiential learning session on decision-making bias, fallacies, and heuristics. Background: Reducing decision-making bias improves patient care.1,2 Teaching decision-making bias, fallacies, and heuristics early in medical education is the first step to reducing mental pitfalls in the healthcare system. There are short-term learning benefits to a cognitive bias session3, but the …

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