Medical diagnosis is traditionally learnt at the patient’s bedside in the presence of an experienced clinician. Time and workload pressures restrict the teacher–student relationship within a hospital. Sometimes, the clinical signs and wisdom are pieced together independently or, at best, with fractured feedback. Clinical decisions can be delayed by plentiful, irrelevant and risky investigations.
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- University of Adelaide, Adelaide, SA
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