Thirteenth tip for teaching expertise in clinical reasoning
A letter to editor published in Medical Teacher: ‘Take your gut feelings seriously’. Increased awareness of gut feelings, fast feedback, structured reflection and specific experience may help student to learn when to trust gut feelings and when to slow down. http://informahealthcare.com/doi/full/10.3109/0142159X.2012.652709
Safety programs in general practice should focus on prognosis instead of diagnosis
Recently, we sent a comment to the editor of Annals of Family Medicine as we do not agree with the ‘lessons for patient safety’ Van Gaal et al stated after studying complaints against family physicians submitted to disciplinary tribunals in the Netherlands. See Track Comments on www.annfammed.org/content/9/6/522.full. The authors concluded that safety programs in family practice should read more…
Intuitive knowledge is valuable knowledge
An article entitled ‘Intuitive knowledge is valuable knowlegde’ (Intuitieve kennis is volwaardige kennis) has been published in Medisch Contact, a Dutch medical journal (November 18 2011). It describes the role of skilled intuition in diagnostic reasoning and how it can be teached in medical education,
A full translation of the ‘Third Track’ into Dutch
In HuisartsNu, the Flemish scientific journal for GPs, a full translation of the ”Gut feelings as a third track in general practitioners’ diagnostic reasoning” article has been published, split into two consecutive parts (part one and part two).
Gut Feelings Consensus in General Practice in France: final results
Eight consensus criteria were obtained at the third round Delphi and these criteria are similar to those developed by the Dutch and French academic GPs.
Gut Feelings as a Third Track
This paper reviews litterature from medical, psychological and neuroscientific perspectives and explains how gut feelings arise and function using a knowledge-based model of GP’s diagnostic reasoning.
‘Niet-pluis’ tuchtrechterlijk gewogen
A double publication of How do disciplinary tribunals judge the ‘gut feelings’ of doctors? An analysis of Dutch tribunal decisions 2000-2008. J Law and Medicine 2010; 18(1).
EGPRN 2010 – Validation of a GP’s gut feelings questionnaire
Conclusion: The construct validity of the questionnaire was found to be moderate to good. The Dutch GP’s gut feelings questionnaire can be used to record the use of gut feelings in general practice and the effect of educational interventions about gut feelings.
How do disciplinary tribunals judge the ‘gut feelings’ of doctors?
The authors concluded that the sense of alarm as a diagnostic tool has been taken seriously by Dutch tribunals. Its timely development is considered to be an element of the professional standards for doctors.
Establishing an international research agenda on gut feelings in general practice using the nominal group technique
Conclusion: an European research agenda on ‘gut feelings’ in general practice has been established and could be used in collaborative research.





