87. Availability Bias with Justin Morgenstern, MD

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re all guilty of it, basing decisions on the most recent event. It’s surely part of our wiring. The question is - what do we do about it? In this episode, Justin Morgenstern breaks down availability bias: what it is, how it shows up in life and medical practice, the difference between learning and bias, research showing availability bias happening in real time, and ways to turn availability bias from a bug into a feature.  </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Guest Bio:</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Justin Morgenstern is a community emergency physician with a passion for education, resuscitation, and evidence based medicine, Purveyor of the amazing</span> <a href= "https://first10em.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">First10EM blog</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">, Justin works in the Greater Toronto Area. </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On a personal note, Justin and I met years ago at a conference in the Bahamas. He was in the audience and was such an incredible contributor to a group conversation that I had him come up on stage and be a panel member. Since then, I’ve found that he is a rare mix of humility, genius, and kindness.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>For full show notes visit <a href= "https://roborman.com/category/stimulus/">our podcast page</a></strong></p> <p><strong>Interested in one-on-one coaching? Learn more at</strong> <a href= "https://roborman.com"><strong>roborman.com</strong></a></p> <p><strong>To support the show - our Patreon site is</strong> <a href= "https://www.patreon.com/stimuluspod"><strong>https://www.patreon.com/stimuluspod</strong></a></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>We discuss:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>Availability Bias and how it relates to everyday decision making. </strong></li> <li><strong>What is availability bias;</strong></li> <li><strong>Where this shows up in clinical practice;</strong></li> <li><strong>Learning is not availability bias;</strong></li> <li><strong>Whether more testing is the right pat