%0 Journal Article %T Checklists: A Review of Their Origins, Benefits, and Current Uses as a Cognitive Aid in Medicine %A Alex Chaparro %A Anastasia Diamond %A Elizabeth H. Lazzara %A Joseph R. Keebler %J Ergonomics in Design %D 2019 %R 10.1177/1064804618819181 %X Since its initial introduction in the 1930s, checklists have proven their worth in aviation and have been increasingly promoted in medicine as a cognitive aid that can improve patient outcomes. This article reviews the different types of checklists, how they aid user performance, the barriers to their adoption, and strategies for increasing user acceptance of checklists %K memory failures %K read-do %K do-confirm %K surgical checklist %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1064804618819181