Physicians' diagnostic accuracy, confidence, and resource requests: A vignette study

JAMA Internal Medicine

Volumn 173, Issue 21, 2013, Pages 1952-1961

  Meyer, Ashley N D ^a,b   Payne, Velma L ^a,b   Meeks, Derek W ^a,b   Rao, Radha ^a,b   Singh, Hardeep ^a,b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALIBRATION; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CONFIDENCE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INTERNIST; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL HISTORY; NORMAL HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; VIGNETTE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84890038271     PISSN: 21686106     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2013.10081     Document Type: Article

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