Justine Staal

Justine Staal serves as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medical Informatics at Erasmus MC, a leading academic medical center in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Her research profile is prominently featured on Scopus and ORCID (0000-0003-3790-0072), highlighting her specialization in medical decision-making and clinical reasoning processes.

Dr. Staal's research interests center on diagnostic error, cognitive bias in medical contexts, and information processing during clinical reasoning. Her work extensively utilizes eye-tracking methodology to examine how medical professionals process clinical information, with particular focus on the mechanisms underlying correct and incorrect diagnoses. She investigates interventions to improve diagnostic accuracy, including diagnostic checklists and feedback systems for medical trainees.

Analysis of her recent publications reveals a consistent trajectory examining the cognitive aspects of medical diagnosis. Her work spans medical education, clinical psychology, and health informatics, with increasing emphasis on practical interventions to reduce diagnostic errors. The publications demonstrate methodological diversity including eye-tracking experiments, randomized controlled trials, and systematic reviews, all targeting improvements in clinical reasoning and diagnostic safety.

Dr. Staal actively collaborates with prominent researchers in the field including Dr. L. Zwaan, Dr. S. Mamede, and Dr. J. Alsma. Her research has been published in high-impact medical education and clinical journals such as Medical Education, Advances in Health Sciences Education, and BMC Medical Education. She completed her doctoral thesis titled 'Unraveling clinical reasoning and diagnostic error: Mechanisms and interventions' in November 2023, establishing her expertise in this critical area of patient safety.