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Lookup NU author(s): Dr Andrew Nanapragasam, Dr Pallav Bhatnagar, Dr Daniel Birchall
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© 2018 The Royal College of Radiologists Aim: To assess and quantify the relationship between trainee reporting and radiology errors. Materials and methods: A retrospective analysis of the 100 most recent cases reviewed by a discrepancy forum in a tertiary neuroradiology service was performed. Data on the time of the scan and the presence of a trainee report were collected, with comparison being made between the cohort of erroneous reports and the overall service. Results: Although out-of-hours imaging only constituted 18% of the overall service, 36% of erroneous reports originated from scans performed out-of-hours. Eighteen percent of scans were first reported by a trainee and then checked by a consultant, with the remaining 82% being solely reported by the consultant. Despite this, 52% of errors were from consultant-checked trainee reports. Conclusion: Although out-of-hours imaging has long been associated with error, this study identifies consultant checking of trainee reports as another error-associated reporting context. This is likely to relate to confirmation bias, in which the pre-existing trainee report may result in inattentional blindness on the part of the checking consultant. Awareness of this phenomenon is important for the reduction of error in this specific and widely underestimated reporting context.
Author(s): Nanapragasam A, Bhatnagar P, Birchall D
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Clinical Radiology
Year: 2018
Volume: 73
Issue: 12
Pages: 1052-1055
Print publication date: 01/12/2018
Online publication date: 13/09/2018
Acceptance date: 14/08/2018
ISSN (print): 0009-9260
ISSN (electronic): 1365-229X
Publisher: W.B. Saunders Ltd
URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crad.2018.08.003
DOI: 10.1016/j.crad.2018.08.003
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