generalists: 2 heads better than one, and better than specialists
Fw: generalists: 2 heads better than one, and better than specialists G Geoff A. Modest, M.D. Mon 3/4/2019 7:06 AM Geoff A. Modest, M.D. An interesting article just came out finding increased diagnostic accuracy of multiple physician involvement (collective intelligence) vs an individual physician, and generalist groups outperformed individual specialists in that field (see primary care multiple MDs better jamaopen2019 in dropbox, or doi:10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2019.0096 ). Details: -- data were from the Human Diagnosis Project (Human Dx) platform, one used by physicians and medical students to practice authoring and diagnosing teaching cases. These cases are from their own clinical practice and identify the intended diagnosis or the differential diagnosis. Respondents generate a ranked differential diagnosis and are notified if they are correct or n...