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,
Magali Coppens got first prize for her Gut Feelings Thesis
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
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. ... read more
‘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). ... read more
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.... read more
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. ... read more
‘Gut feelings’ in general practice in Europe
Conclusion: the 'sense of alarm' is a familiar phenomenon in general practices in Europe. We propose to use the English phrase 'gut feelings' in further research reports. ... read more
Het ‘pluis/niet-pluis’- gevoel van de huisarts (Huisarts NU)
Dit artikel is een vertaling en bewerking van het in BMC Fam Practice gepubliceerde onderzoek naar de diagnostische rol van pluis en niet-pluis in de huisartspraktijk. Het werd gepubliceerd in Huisarts Nu.... read more
The diagnostic role of gut feelings in general practice
Conclusion: gut feelings are familiar to most GPs in the Netherlands and play a substantial role in their everyday routine. The participants distinguished two types of gut feelings, a sense of reassurance and a sense of alarm. We need more research into the contributions of individual determinants and into the test properties of gut feelings to make the concept suitable for medical education.... read more
The nature of diagnostic reasoning by experienced general practitioners
Entitled in Dutch: 'Hoe verloopt het diagnostisch denken van de ervaren huisarts?' It can be found in chapter 2 of the PhD 'Gut feelings in general practice' from Erik Stolper... read more