Table 4 Pattern Matrix of the Factor Loadings

1

“Educational interventions to reduce the risk of cognitive errors”

2

“Impact of cognitive errors in clinical decision making”

Item no. 1 “Cognitive errors in general have important impact towards clinical decision making in emergency medicine”

0.616

Item no. 2 “Being aware of cognitive errors help me to be more careful in my clinical decisions”

0.590

Item no. 5 “The understanding of cognitive errors and its impact on clinical decision making and patient safety should be made a component in emergency medicine curriculum in postgraduate training”

0.668

Item no. 6 “The understanding of cognitive errors and its impact on clinical decision making and patient safety should be taught at undergraduate level”

0.601