The teaching of history-taking and diagnostic thinking: description of a method

1 March 1981

journal article
Published by Wiley in Medical Education

Vol. 15 (2) , 97-99
https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2923.1981.tb02404.x

Abstract

This paper describes the use of short videotaped doctor-patient history-taking encounters, which demonstrate the generated-hypothesis-verifying (GHV) method of enquiry. We urge that this method be taught formally to medical students, to complement the classical 'rigid' method of history taking.

Keywords

*MEDICAL HISTORY TAKING
TEACHING/*METHODS
*EDUCATION
MEDICAL
UNDERGRADUATE
PROBLEM SOLVING
VIDEOTAPE RECORDING

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