Development and evaluation of a technology-enhanced simulation to measure physician decision making in trauma triage

Deepika Mohan; Galen Switzer; Baruch Fischhoff; Jonathan Elmer; Kimberly J. Rak; Jacqueline L. Barnes; Douglas B. White

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0353381

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Development and evaluation of a technology-enhanced simulation to measure physician decision making in trauma triage

Deepika Mohan ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: mohand@upmc.edu

Affiliations Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Galen Switzer,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Baruch Fischhoff,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Engineering and Environmental Policy, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Jonathan Elmer,

Roles Conceptualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Neurology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Kimberly J. Rak,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Jacqueline L. Barnes,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Douglas B. White

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Development and evaluation of a technology-enhanced simulation to measure physician decision making in trauma triage

Deepika Mohan,
Galen Switzer,
Baruch Fischhoff,
Jonathan Elmer,
Kimberly J. Rak,
Jacqueline L. Barnes,
Douglas B. White

Published: July 22, 2026
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0353381

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