I realise I have confused generations of South Birmingham aspiring GPs with my insistence on the only certainty I know uncertainty. – Can you help me? P.S Have you the one about Heidegger and Schrodinger driving down a road together? P.P.S -Seriously! Richard Lehman has recently written a series in JAMA the “Understanding stepwise diagnostic process and developing effective diagnostic skills lie at the heart of medical education. Making a diagnosis is often uncertain and ambiguous; diagnostic tests have limitations and, if used improperly, can be misleading. For clinicians, thoroughly understanding each step can help them look critically at their own practice, hone their skills, improve their performance, and involve patients and families in the process.” It’s worth a look! It starts here, Workshop on Weaving wisdom into VTS, helping trainees deal with uncertainty Dr Julian Treadwell Julian Treadwell is a GP in Wiltshire who became involved in the Preventing Overdiagnosis/Too Much Medicine movement a few years ago having become gradually more concerned about the size of his repeat prescription pile and how much time he was spending dealing with what felt like low value and sometimes harmful medical interventions. He established the RCGP Standing Group on Overdiagnosis with Dr. Margaret McCartney in 2014 and further exploration in this field has led to work with NICE and other organisations. He currently has a half time NIHR In-Practice Fellowship at the Dept of Primary Health Care Sciences in Oxford where he is looking at guidelines and shared decision making. Julian will be present an introductory keynote lecture about Overdiagnosis, which will most certainly reveal a need for more medical wisdom. Dr Steve Walter assumes many positions which include Head of School of Postgraduate General Practice, Health Education West Midlands. Honorary Senior Lecturer in Primary Care, University of Worcester. GP partner in Studley, South Warwickshire.
I realise I have confused generations of South Birmingham aspiring GPs with my insistence on the only certainty I know – uncertainty. Can you help me? P.S Have you the one about Heidegger and Schrodinger driving down a road together? P.P.S -Seriously! Richard Lehman has recently written a series in JAMA “Understanding the stepwise diagnostic process and developing effective diagnostic skills lie at the heart of medical education. Making a diagnosis is often uncertain and ambiguous; diagnostic tests have limitations and, if used improperly, can be misleading. For clinicians, thoroughly understanding each step can help them look critically at their own practice, hone their skills, improve their performance, and involve patients and families in the process.” It’s worth a look! It starts here, Workshop on Weaving wisdom into VTS, helping trainees deal with uncertainty Dr Julian Treadwell Julian Treadwell is a GP in Wiltshire who became involved in the Preventing Overdiagnosis/Too Much Medicine movement a few years ago having become gradually more concerned about the size of his repeat prescription pile and how much time he was spending dealing with what felt like low value and sometimes harmful medical interventions. He established the RCGP Standing Group on Overdiagnosis with Dr. Margaret McCartney in 2014 and further exploration in this field has led to work with NICE and other organisations. He currently has a half time NIHR In-Practice Fellowship at the Dept of Primary Health Care Sciences in Oxford where he is looking at guidelines and shared decision making. Julian will be present an introductory keynote lecture about Overdiagnosis, which will most certainly reveal a need for more medical wisdom. Dr Steve Walter assumes many positions which include Head of School of Postgraduate General Practice, Health Education West Midlands. Honorary Senior Lecturer in Primary Care, University of Worcester. GP partner in Studley, South Warwickshire.