Self-Illusion and Medical Expertise in the Era of COVID-19 | Zendy

Arthur Claessens | Zendy; Olivia Keïta-Perse | Zendy; F. Berthier | Zendy; Jocelyn Raude | Zendy; Gilles Chironi | Zendy; Marc Faraggi | Zendy; Gildas Rousseau | Zendy; S. Chaillou-Opitz | Zendy; Hervé Renard | Zendy; V. Aubin | Zendy; Bertrand Mercier | Zendy; Atul Pathak | Zendy; Christophe Perrin | Zendy; YannErick Claessens | Zendy

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Self-Illusion and Medical Expertise in the Era of COVID-19

Author(s) -

Arthur Claessens,

Olivia Keïta-Perse,

F. Berthier,

Jocelyn Raude,

Gilles Chironi,

Marc Faraggi,

Gildas Rousseau,

S. Chaillou-Opitz,

Hervé Renard,

V. Aubin,

Bertrand Mercier,

Atul Pathak,

Christophe Perrin,

YannErick Claessens

Publication year - 2021

Publication title -

open forum infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.546

H-Index - 35

ISSN - 2328-8957

DOI - 10.1093/ofid/ofab058

Subject(s) - covid-19 , premise , pandemic , context (archaeology) , medicine , illusion , social media , mass media , social psychology , medical education , disease , psychology , cognitive psychology , political science , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty) , epistemology , history , law , philosophy , outbreak , archaeology

The Dunning-Kruger premise assumes that unqualified people are unaware of their limited skills. We tested this hypothesis in the context of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. In this cross-sectional study, 2487 participants had to self-estimate their knowledge about COVID-19 in a questionnaire on the topic. Poor performers were more likely to use mass media and social networks as sources of information and had lower levels of education. The mean self-assessment (SD) was 6.88 (2.06) and was not linked to actual level of knowledge. This observation should prompt regulatory agencies and media to apply rules that limit dissemination of “infodemics” during global health crises.

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