Background: Medical clinical decisions is based on combination of analytical and non-analytic thinking. The concept of “gut feeling questionnaire” (GFQ) in GP was described through qualitative research of both sensations of alarm and assurance. The investigated enquirer has been validated in 5 countries. Research questions: Linguistic validation of the European GFQ translated from English into… read more

Accepted abstract EGPRN Tampere 2019 by Erik Stolper, Jan Paul Verdenius, Geert Jan Dinant, Margje van de Wiel Background Child abuse is wide spread, occurs in all cultures and communities and remains undiscovered in 90% of the cases. 80% of reported child abuse concerns emotional ill-treatment. In the Netherlands, at least 3% (118.000) of children… read more

Abstract accepted for poster presentation at the EGPRN-conference (Tampere, Finland, 2019) Bernardino Oliva-Fanlo, Sebastià March, Cristina Gadea, Erik Stolper, Magdalena Esteva Background: GPs use gut feelings (GF) during a patient visit to pace their decisions. A ‘sense of alarm’ (SA) means that intervention seems necessary to prevent imminent serious health problems, and a ‘sense of… read more

Abstract accepted for poster presentation at the EGPRN meeting (Tampere, Finland, 2019) Bernardino Oliva-Fanlo, Sebastià March, David Medina, Gaspar Tamborero, María Martín-Rabadán, Erik Stolper, Magdalena Esteva. Background. GPs have Gut Feelings (GF) during patient visits: a sense of reassurance (SR) when the GP feels that everything about a patient fits or a sense of alarm… read more

Abstract, accepted for oral presentation at the EGPRN conference (Tampere, Finland, 2019) by Marie Barais. Background. Dyspnoea and chest pain are symptoms shared with multiple pathologies ranging from the benign to life-threatening diseases. Gut feelings such as the sense of alarm and the sense of reassurance play a substantial role in the diagnostic reasoning process… read more

Poster presentation at the ‘Wetenschapsavond’ (scientific meeting) in the Isala Hospital (Zwolle, the Netherlands, 12/12/2017) BannerIsala2017    

Accepted abstract of a workshop at the 51st Annual Congress of General Practitioners and Family Medicine 2017, in Dusseldorf, Germany. DEGAM2017 abstract

A study protocol (accepted for a presentation at the EGPRN conference in Riga 2017) Objectives To know prevalence of GF in GP consultations and its relation with patient characteristics (sociodemographic and clinical) and professional (gender, experience, personality and knowledge of the patient). To assess the validity of gut feelings (sense of alarm and sense of reassurance) to… read more