Degree of concurrency among experts in data collection and diagnostic hypothesis generation during clinical encounters

Medical Education

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 25-31

  Nendaz, Mathieu R ^a,b   Gut, Anne M ^a   Perrier, Arnaud ^a   Reuille, Olivier ^a   Louis Simonet, Martine ^a   Junod, Alain F ^a   Vu, Nu V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clinical competence *standards; Communication; Diagnostic techniques and procedures *standards; Education, medical, continuing *methods; Medical history taking *methods *standards; Physician patient relations

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMPETENCE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DATA COLLECTION; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0942301196     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2004.01738.x     Document Type: Article

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