Safety programs in general practice should focus on prognosis instead of diagnosis
Sunday, December 4th, 2011
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
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Intuitive knowledge is valuable knowledge
Friday, November 18th, 2011
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,
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A full translation of the ‘Third Track’ into Dutch
Friday, October 28th, 2011
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 1 http://www.domusmedica.be/onderzoek/huisartsnu/archief/2011-jg-40/3679-het-pluisniet-pluis-gevoel.html and part 2 http://www.domusmedica.be/onderzoek/huisartsnu/archief/2011-jg-40/3837-het-pluisniet-pluis-gevoel-deel-2.html).
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Fourth meeting COGITA Expert group
Thursday, October 27th, 2011
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An international research group named The European Expert Group on Cognitive and Interactive Processes in Diagnosis and Management in General Practice or Cogita expert group for short, has been established in 2008. The fourth study meeting was in Krakow (Poland), on 13th and 14th October 2011. For further reading click here read more
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Gut Feelings Consensus in General Practice in France: final results
Tuesday, May 24th, 2011
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.... read more
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Magali Coppens got first prize for her Gut Feelings Thesis
Monday, December 20th, 2010
The French Collège National des GĂ©nĂ©ralsites Enseignants (CNGE) with GPs involved in academic educational or research programmes, is putting up an annual prize for the best thesis, the Prix National de Thèse du CNGE. This year Magali Coppens, a young GP, won this price with her thesis entiteld Le 6ème sens en mĂ©decine gĂ©nĂ©rale: Validation d’un consensus nĂ©erlandais…. read more
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Gut Feelings as a Third Track
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
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. ... read more
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‘Niet-pluis’ tuchtrechterlijk gewogen
Thursday, October 21st, 2010
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). ... read more
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EGPRN 2010 – Validation of a GP’s gut feelings questionnaire
Friday, September 3rd, 2010
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.... read more
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How do disciplinary tribunals judge the ‘gut feelings’ of doctors?
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
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. ... read more
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