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What do GPs need to know? The use of knowledge in general practice consultations

British Journal of General Practice
Journal · Vol. 50 · Issue 450 · pp. 56-59
Abstract

In the course of the consultation in primary care, the general practitioner integrates knowledge of different types that are drawn from different sources. As a consequence of the way practitioners develop expertise, this use of knowledge is often hidden from the conscious mind of the practitioner and often hidden from direct observation. On the other hand, understanding of this use of knowledge is crucial to several necessary developments of the profession of general practice. A method involving collaboration between researcher and practitioner sheds new light on this knowledge-in-use.

Keywords

Author Keywords

Competence Professional knowledge General practice consultation Learning techniques

Index Keywords

clinical competence human Humans curriculum general practice general practitioner postgraduate education review normal human consultation Great Britain Physician-Patient Relations Physicians, Family
Author Affiliations
Postgraduate Centre, Scarborough Hospital, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom, Postgraduate Centre, Scarborough Hospital, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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  • EID 2-s2.0-0033981525
  • PubMed 10695071
  • Language English