What questions about patient care do physicians have during and after patient contact in the ED? The taxonomy of gaps in physician knowledge

Mark A Graber; Bradley D Randles; Jay Monahan; John W Ely; Charles Jennissen; Bobby Peters; Dean Anderson

doi:10.1136/emj.2007.050674

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What questions about patient care do physicians have during and after patient contact in the ED? The taxonomy of gaps in physician knowledge

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What questions about patient care do physicians have during and after patient contact in the ED? The taxonomy of gaps in physician knowledge

Mark A Graber, Bradley D Randles, Jay Monahan, John W Ely, Charles Jennissen, Bobby Peters and Dean Anderson

Emergency medicine journal : EMJ, Vol.24(10), pp.703-706

10/2007

DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.050674

PMCID: PMC2658437

PMID: 17901270

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Abstract

To categorise questions that emergency department physicians have during patient encounters. An observational study of 26 physicians at two institutions. All physicians were followed for at least two shifts. All questions that arose during patient care were recorded verbatim. These questions were then categorised using a taxonomy of clinical questions. Physicians had 271 questions in the course of the study. The most common questions were about drug dosing (35), what drug to use in a particular case (28), "what are the manifestations of disease X" (23), and what laboratory test to do in a situation (21). Notably lacking were questions about medication costs, administrative questions, questions about services in the community, and pathophysiology questions. Emergency department physicians tend to have questions that cluster around practical issues such as diagnosis and treatment. In routine practice they have fewer epidemiologic, pathophysiologic, administrative, and community services questions.

Clinical Competence

Emergency Medicine - statistics & numerical data

Emergency Service, Hospital

Health Care Surveys

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Humans

Iowa

Physician-Patient Relations

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Title: Subtitle: What questions about patient care do physicians have during and after patient contact in the ED? The taxonomy of gaps in physician knowledge
Creators: Mark A Graber - Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine
Bradley D Randles
Jay Monahan
John W Ely
Charles Jennissen
Bobby Peters
Dean Anderson
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Emergency medicine journal : EMJ, Vol.24(10), pp.703-706
DOI: 10.1136/emj.2007.050674
PMID: 17901270
PMCID: PMC2658437
NLM abbreviation: Emerg Med J
ISSN: 1472-0205
eISSN: 1472-0213
Language: English
Date published: 10/2007
Academic Unit: Stead Family Department of Pediatrics; Emergency Medicine; Family and Community Medicine; Injury Prevention Research Center
Record Identifier: 9984296967802771

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