Pat Croskerry

10.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
77 papers, 6.8k citations indexed

About

Pat Croskerry is a scholar working on Family Practice, Emergency Medical Services and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Pat Croskerry has authored 77 papers receiving a total of 6.8k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 57 papers in Family Practice, 47 papers in Emergency Medical Services and 24 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Pat Croskerry's work include Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (57 papers), Patient Safety and Medication Errors (45 papers) and Innovations in Medical Education (23 papers). Pat Croskerry is often cited by papers focused on Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills (57 papers), Patient Safety and Medication Errors (45 papers) and Innovations in Medical Education (23 papers). Pat Croskerry collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Netherlands. Pat Croskerry's co-authors include Geeta Singhal, Sílvia Mamede, Karen Cosby, Douglas Sinclair, Mark L. Graber, John Ely, Marc J. Shapiro, George Kovács, Albert W. Wu and Allan Abbass and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Pat Croskerry

76 papers receiving 6.4k citations

Hit Papers

The Importance of Cognitive Errors in Diagnosis and Strat... 2003 2026 2010 2018 2003 2009 250 500 750
What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

  1. The Importance of Cognitive Errors in Diagnosis and Strategies to Minimize Them
    2003 948 citations Pat Croskerry Academic Medicine profile →
  2. A Universal Model of Diagnostic Reasoning
    2009 625 citations Pat Croskerry Academic Medicine profile →

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Pat Croskerry Canada 35 3.9k 2.5k 1.8k 1.2k 1.1k 77 6.8k
Kevin W. Eva Canada 55 4.6k 1.2× 8.0k 3.3× 946 0.5× 2.2k 1.8× 643 0.6× 228 11.6k
Jonathan Sherbino Canada 40 2.7k 0.7× 4.9k 2.0× 654 0.4× 1.8k 1.5× 680 0.6× 165 7.5k
Lorelei Lingard Canada 34 925 0.2× 2.0k 0.8× 1.7k 1.0× 1.4k 1.2× 653 0.6× 83 4.9k
Scott M. Wright United States 46 996 0.3× 4.4k 1.8× 653 0.4× 3.1k 2.7× 872 0.8× 260 8.4k
John J. Norcini United States 51 3.7k 0.9× 7.0k 2.9× 1.1k 0.6× 1.9k 1.6× 245 0.2× 218 8.9k
John R. Boulet United States 40 1.3k 0.3× 3.1k 1.2× 1.2k 0.7× 1.2k 1.0× 495 0.5× 193 5.3k
Albert Scherpbier Netherlands 57 2.3k 0.6× 7.1k 2.9× 823 0.5× 3.1k 2.6× 272 0.3× 248 10.4k
Larry D. Gruppen United States 46 1.9k 0.5× 4.7k 1.9× 517 0.3× 1.9k 1.6× 241 0.2× 211 6.9k
Paul E. Mazmanian United States 27 962 0.2× 3.7k 1.5× 554 0.3× 2.6k 2.2× 268 0.2× 73 6.1k
Carol Carraccio United States 35 2.6k 0.7× 5.8k 2.4× 454 0.2× 2.1k 1.8× 413 0.4× 125 7.3k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Pat Croskerry

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Pat Croskerry

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ko, Christine J., et al.. (2024). Cognitive bias in the patient encounter: Part II. Debiasing using an adaptive toolbox. Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology. 92(2). 223–230. 1 indexed citations
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Graber, Mark L., et al.. (2024). Root cause analysis of cases involving diagnosis. Diagnosis. 11(4). 353–368. 4 indexed citations
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Croskerry, Pat, Samuel Campbell, & David Petrie. (2023). The challenge of cognitive science for medical diagnosis. Cognitive Research Principles and Implications. 8(1). 13–13. 13 indexed citations
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Croskerry, Pat. (2021). Narrowing the mindware gap in medicine. Diagnosis. 9(2). 176–183. 2 indexed citations
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Croskerry, Pat. (2020). Sapere aude in the diagnostic process. Diagnosis. 7(3). 165–168. 1 indexed citations
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Olson, Andrew, Joseph Rencic, Karen Cosby, et al.. (2019). Competencies for improving diagnosis: an interprofessional framework for education and training in health care. Diagnosis. 6(4). 335–341. 66 indexed citations
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Graber, Mark L., Joseph Rencic, Frank J. Papa, et al.. (2018). Improving diagnosis by improving education: a policy brief on education in healthcare professions. Diagnosis. 5(3). 107–118. 54 indexed citations
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Croskerry, Pat. (2012). Perspectives on Diagnostic Failure and Patient Safety. Healthcare Quarterly. 15(sp). 50–56. 32 indexed citations
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Croskerry, Pat, Allan Abbass, & Albert W. Wu. (2010). Emotional Influences in Patient Safety. Journal of Patient Safety. 6(4). 199–205. 100 indexed citations
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Croskerry, Pat. (2009). Context Is Everything or How Could I Have Been That Stupid?. Healthcare Quarterly. 12(sp). e171–e176. 92 indexed citations
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Croskerry, Pat, Allan Abbass, & Albert W. Wu. (2008). How doctors feel: affective issues in patients' safety. The Lancet. 372(9645). 1205–1206. 82 indexed citations
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Bond, William F., et al.. (2006). Cognitive versus Technical Debriefing after Simulation Training. Academic Emergency Medicine. 13(3). 276–283. 44 indexed citations
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Chisholm, Carey D. & Pat Croskerry. (2004). A Case Study in Medical Error: The Use of the Portfolio Entry. Academic Emergency Medicine. 11(4). 388–392. 15 indexed citations
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Cosby, Karen & Pat Croskerry. (2004). Profiles in Patient Safety: Authority Gradients in Medical Error. Academic Emergency Medicine. 11(12). 1341–1345. 111 indexed citations
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Croskerry, Pat, et al.. (2004). Profiles in Patient Safety: Medication Errors in the Emergency Department. Academic Emergency Medicine. 11(3). 289–299. 66 indexed citations
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Cosby, Karen & Pat Croskerry. (2003). Patient Safety: A Curriculum for Teaching Patient Safety in Emergency Medicine. Academic Emergency Medicine. 10(1). 69–78. 33 indexed citations
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Croskerry, Pat. (2003). The Importance of Cognitive Errors in Diagnosis and Strategies to Minimize Them. Academic Medicine. 78(8). 775–780. 948 indexed citations breakdown →
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Croskerry, Pat. (2002). Achieving Quality in Clinical Decision Making: Cognitive Strategies and Detection of Bias. Academic Emergency Medicine. 9(11). 1184–1204. 391 indexed citations
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Shapiro, Marc J., Pat Croskerry, & Steven R. Fisher. (2002). Profiles in Patient Safety:Sidedness Error. Academic Emergency Medicine. 9(4). 326–329. 5 indexed citations
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Shapiro, Marc J., Pat Croskerry, & Steven R. Fisher. (2002). Profiles in Patient Safety:Sidedness Error. Academic Emergency Medicine. 9(4). 326–329. 8 indexed citations

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