Expert Opinion

[Second Doctor]

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I just finished an essay required for my rotation (not a radiology rotation). The subject was error and variation in film interpretation. One article I used stated that an error was defined as a reading that was not in line with "expert opinion" as obtained by an expert panel. Could someone elaborate on how these panels work? I'm wondering things like: How many people are on the panels? When do they convene? How does one become such an expert in the field? ...or any other interesting facts you might know about this subject.

Thanks in advance for any info.

 

[hans19]

I just finished an essay required for my rotation (not a radiology rotation). The subject was error and variation in film interpretation. One article I used stated that an error was defined as a reading that was not in line with "expert opinion" as obtained by an expert panel. Could someone elaborate on how the se panels work? I'm wondering things like: How many people are on the panels? When do they convene? How does one become such an expert in the field? ...or any other interesting facts you might know about this subject.

Thanks in advance for any info.

Opinions are like anuses, everyone has one. And no two are exactly the same. There is no single 'expert panel'. Its not like a legal court or senate hearing. There are annual subspecialty meetings that discuss the imaging findings of an entity with panel 'discussions'. But even those can get heated without agreeing on anything. There may be a multicenter trial by multiple authors that write a concensus opinion paper.

Most likely the 'expert opinion' is in the form of a hired expert witness for the defense duking it out with the expert witness of the plantiff. Whoever retains the most convincing, prestigious witnesses has the advantage.