To err is human… What can psychological theories of human error add to our understanding of examiner error?
Description:
Research in a wide range of fields of human activity, from industrial accidents to medical misdiagnoses, has revealed that errors are far from heterogeneous. Different types of error have different cognitive and attitudinal underpinnings, and understanding these has led to successful targeted error reduction approaches. Yet research and practice in examiner error often makes no such distinction. This, Dr Michelle Meadows will demonstrate, is to err.
