Urgent Bite 213 - Differentials and the importance of the referral letter The Podcasts of the Royal New Zealand College of Urgent Care

What impact do your acute referral letters have on the admitting team?  
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Check out the papers mentioned
Chauveau P, Mazet-Guillaume B, Baron C, Roy PM, Tanguy M, Fanello S. Impact du contenu du courrier médical sur la qualité du triage initial des patients adultes admis aux urgences [Impact of the referral letter on triage decisions in adult patients admitted to the emergency department]. Sante Publique. 2013 Jul-Aug;25(4):441-51. French. 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/24404726/
 
van den Berge K, Mamede S, van Gog T, Romijn JA, van Guldener C, van Saase JL, Rikers RM. Accepting diagnostic suggestions by residents: a potential cause of diagnostic error in medicine. Teach Learn Med. 2012;24(2):149-54. 
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22490096/
 
Staal J, Speelman M, Brand R, Alsma J, Zwaan L. Does a suggested diagnosis in a general practitioners' referral question impact diagnostic reasoning: an experimental study. BMC Med Educ. 2022 Apr 8;22(1):256
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8991944/
 
 
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