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Why Checklists Exist

Small omissions, big consequences.

Essential question

Why do skilled professionals still use checklists for things they've done a thousand times?

  1. 1
    The day the checklist was born
    12 min · Retell how the pilot's checklist began.
  2. 2
    What your memory can't hold
    15 min · Experience the limit of working memory.
  3. 3
    Discipline: procedures and risk
    15 min · Link a checklist step to the hazard it controls.
  4. Unit assessment
    80% to master · graded on the server