No evidence that skills have been developed through experience.
Christopher Weatherburn, NHS Education for Scotland
1 October 2012
Interesting study however I do disagree with how the article has ended:
"Our results indicate that the GPs seem to recognise immediately both problems and persons, hence the quintessence of the expert skill of the GP as developed through experience. "
This is an assumption that these relatively senior GPs studied have developed expert skill through experience. There is no control group of less experienced GPs doing the same task. There is a possibility that less senior GPs could have performed better if also studied.
Competing interests
Nil to declare. I work as a GP and Health Inequalities Fellow in Scotland
No evidence that skills have been developed through experience.
1 October 2012
Interesting study however I do disagree with how the article has ended:
"Our results indicate that the GPs seem to recognise immediately both problems and persons, hence the quintessence of the expert skill of the GP as developed through experience. "
This is an assumption that these relatively senior GPs studied have developed expert skill through experience. There is no control group of less experienced GPs doing the same task. There is a possibility that less senior GPs could have performed better if also studied.
Competing interests
Nil to declare. I work as a GP and Health Inequalities Fellow in Scotland