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. 2017 Nov 9;17:191. doi: 10.1186/s12909-017-1044-7

Table 2.

Diagnostic errors of medical students

Type Frequency (in %)
Knowledge base inadequate 16% (49/304)
Skills inadequate 24% (75/304)
Faulty context generation 15% (47/304)
Overestimating/underestimating 9% (28/304)
Faulty triggering 12% (35/304)
Misidentification 10% (30/304)
Premature closure 10% (29/304)
Cluelessness 3% (9/304)