At the close of 2020, I was struck by two instances of doctors speaking their minds and facing the consequences for it. As both took me greatly by surprise I thought writing through it would help me organize and process my thoughts. The first instance I wanted to think back on was the issuing […]
The Dunning-Kruger Effect
The Dunning-Kruger effect is a cognitive bias that was first described in a 1999 paper by David Dunning and Justin Kruger. In it, they described the results of several studies where individuals who scored low on various measures of cognitive ability tended to overestimate their knowledge or skill in a particular domain, while those who […]
The Use of Social Media in Healthcare Research
Social media has been one of the most innovative tools in today’s generation. From its ability to connect people instantly from different time zones to the vast amount of information that it can spread in the course of minutes, it has shown promising utility. With that said, however, there are obstacles and negative impacts of […]
