Interviews with GP supervisors and their trainees about diagnostic reasoning
Twelve GP supervisors and 12 trainees were recently interviewed about diagnostic reasoning. The focus was on how do trainees learn diagnostic reasoning on the workplace and on the role of feedback in the learning process. We also asked how supervisors and trainees deal with gut feelings in diagnostic reasoning. Currently we are doing a content analysis of the text… read more
Gut feelings and hospital specialists
A group of Dutch and Flemish specialists has recently started research into the role of gut feelings in the diagnostic reasoning process of physicians working in the different specialistic domains in the hospital. These specialists will collaborate with the Maastricht-Antwerp research group on gut feelings in general practice. The first step has already been done by… read more
Much more than first impressions, an invited commentary
In this e-letter we discussed the article ‘Clinical intuition in family medicine: more than first impressions’ (Woolley A, Kostopoulou O, Ann Fam Med 2013;60-66). See http://www.annfammed.org/content/11/1/60.full/reply#annalsfm_el_25577
Video clips about gut feelings, Dutch-language
Three video clips with an Dutch language explanation about the diagnostic role of gut feelings in diagnostic reasoning of general practitioners (see https://www.gutfeelings.eu/video/).
Magali Coppens got first prize for her Gut Feelings Thesis
The French Collège National des Généralsites 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 médecine générale: Validation d’un consensus néerlandais…. read more