The curse of knowledge
Mentioned in this episode
NaPodPoMo\xa0
Pronounce Drug Names Like a Pro Online Course\xa0
ISMP\u2019s List of Confused Drug Names
State of Ohio Board of Pharmacy November 2020 Newsletter
I\u2019m publishing one podcast episode per day in the month of November 2020 as part of a challenge called NaPodPoMo.\xa0 It stands for National Podcast Post Month.\xa0 November is National Podcast Post Month, and the goal of the challenge is 30 podcast episodes in 30 days. This is a bite-sized episode, which I\u2019m using to help promote my new online course:\xa0 Pronounce Drug Names Like a Pro.
Have you ever heard of the curse of knowledge?\xa0 It\u2019s a cognitive bias.\xa0 Sometimes, when someone knows a lot about something, they assume others know what they know.\xa0 For example, when I joined my husband\u2019s fantasy football league years ago, everyone assumed I knew about bye weeks, free agency, the waiver wire, the IR list, and checking my roster for last-minute injuries before setting my line-up every week.\xa0 In the early days, I didn\u2019t check my fantasy football line-up on-time, so I accidentally started players who were on bye weeks.\xa0 I lost a few match-ups, but I learned quickly and won some games.
The curse of knowledge happens with drug names too.\xa0It\u2019s dangerous to believe that everyone knows what we know.\xa0 We can learn from someone else\u2019s mistake, near miss, or other event.\xa0
The ISMP publishes The List of Confused Drug Names.\xa0 The list contains\xa0look-alike and sound-alike (LASA) drug name pairs.\xa0 Some drug names on the list have \u201ctall man\u201d or \u201cmixed case letters,\u201d which makes it easy to spot the differences in their appearance.\xa0 Just being aware of look alike and sound alike drug names could save a life.\xa0 In Pronounce Drug Names Like a Pro, I include some listening practice using the ISMP\u2019s list of confused drug names so my students are aware of potential errors. \xa0