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Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 7/2018

01-07-2018 | Exercises in Clinical Reasoning

An Exercise in Clinical Reasoning: Do You Unpack?

Authors: Stacey Watkins, MD, PhD, Angelo L. Gaffo, MD, MPSH, Amanda V. Clark, MD, Starr Steinhilber, MD, MPH

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 7/2018

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In this series, a clinician extemporaneously discusses the diagnostic approach (regular text) to sequentially presented clinical information (bold). Additional commentary on the diagnostic reasoning process (italics) is integrated throughout the discussion. …
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Metadata
Title
An Exercise in Clinical Reasoning: Do You Unpack?
Authors
Stacey Watkins, MD, PhD
Angelo L. Gaffo, MD, MPSH
Amanda V. Clark, MD
Starr Steinhilber, MD, MPH
Publication date
01-07-2018
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 7/2018
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-018-4466-y

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