Do GPs know more than other doctors?

Do GPs know more than other doctors?

In this issue of the European Journal of General Practice, Barais et al., present their glossary of diagnostic reasoning terms [1]. COGITA is a European group of general practitioners (GPs) reflecting on diagnostic reasoning and decision making, perhaps more widely known under their popular name ‘The Gut Feeling Group’. References of their publications can be found on http://www.gutfeelings.eu....

Superior Capsule Reconstruction: What Do We Know?

The management of irreparable rotator cuff tears remains challenging. Since its introduction by Mihata in 2012, superiorcapsule reconstruction (SCR) has grown in popularity at an astonishingly rapid rate. The aim of this article is to providea comprehensive review of the available literature, in order to highlight what has so far been published on SCR,covering all aspects including biomechanica...

Do We Know What We Do not Know? A Response to Celine Bonnet

Do junior doctors know where to insert chest drains safely?

BACKGROUND The safe insertion of a chest drain is a skill doctors across specialties require. Incorrect placement can lead to significant morbidity and even mortality. METHODS This audit surveyed junior doctors working in a teaching hospital about their specialty and level of experience with intercostal drains. They were then asked to mark on a photograph where they would insert a chest drain...

Extending Nonaka’s Knowledge Creation Theory: How We Know More than We Can Tell & Tell More than We Can Know

Nonaka and colleagues propose a theory of knowledge creation grounded in the epistemology of Michael Polanyi. However, both Nonaka (and colleagues) and Polanyi tend to leave part of the epistemology of collaborative knowledge creation unaccounted for. As a remedy we introduce the notion of knowledge as “unfathomable” (Bartley, 1987), rooted in the Popperian idea of “objective knowledge” (Popper...