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Is it time to move beyond errors in clinical reasoning and discuss accuracy?

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The author would like to thank Dr. Susan Humphrey-Murto and Ms. Sarah Lynch for their thoughtful review and suggestions regarding this manuscript.

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Wood, T.J. Is it time to move beyond errors in clinical reasoning and discuss accuracy?. Adv in Health Sci Educ 19, 403–407 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10459-014-9498-4

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