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The declining number and variety of procedures done by general internists: a resurvey of members of the American College of Physicians by Wigton, Robert S, Alguire, Patrick

“…A survey of general internist members of the American College of Physicians (ACP) in 1986 found that they did a large number and variety of procedures in their…”
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Thyroid disease awareness is associated with high rates of identifying subjects with previously undiagnosed thyroid dysfunction by Canaris, Gay J, Tape, Thomas G, Wigton, Robert S

“…Conventional screening for hypothyroidism is controversial. Although hypothyroidism is underdiagnosed, many organizations do not recommend screening, citing…”
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Procedures Performed by Hospitalist and Non-hospitalist General Internists by Thakkar, Rajiv, Wright, Scott M., Alguire, Patrick, Wigton, Robert S., Boonyasai, Romsai T.

“…BACKGROUND In caring exclusively for inpatients, hospitalists are expected to perform hospital procedures. The type and frequency of procedures they perform…”
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"Get Smart Colorado": Impact of a Mass Media Campaign to Improve Community Antibiotic Use by Gonzales, Ralph, Corbett, Kitty K., Wong, Shale, Glazner, Judith E., Deas, Ann, Leeman-Castillo, Bonnie, Maselli, Judith H., Sebert-Kuhlmann, Ann, Wigton, Robert S., Flores, Estevan, Kafadar, Karen

“…Context: Large-scale strategies are needed to reduce overuse of antibiotics in US communities. Objectives: To evaluate the impact of a mass media campaign--…”
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How Do Community Practitioners Decide Whether to Prescribe Antibiotics for Acute Respiratory Tract Infections? by Wigton, Robert S., Darr, Carol A., Corbett, Kitty K., Nickol, Devin R., Gonzales, Ralph

“…BACKGROUND Overuse of antibiotics in the treatment of acute respiratory tract infection (ARI) contributes to the growing problem of antibiotic-resistant…”
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What Do the Theories of Egon Brunswik Have to Say to Medical Education? by Wigton, Robert S.

“…Every day physicians make judgments about patient management and diagnosis based on less than perfect information from many different sources. Judgment and…”
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Procedures Performed by the Hospitalist and Non-hospitalist by Boonyasai, Romsai T., Thakkar, Rajiv, Alguire, Patrick, Wigton, Robert S.

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Variability in emergency physician decisionmaking about prescribing opioid analgesics by Tamayo-Sarver, Joshua H., Dawson, Neal V., Cydulka, Rita K., Wigton, Robert S., Baker, David W.

“…The purpose of this study is to determine what factors influence emergency physicians' decisions to prescribe an opioid analgesic for 3 common, painful…”
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Gender Differences in patient-provider symptom agreement in reporting respiratory complaints on a questionnaire by Canaris, Gay J., MD, MSPH, Tape, Thomas G., MD, Smith, Lynette M., MS, Nickol, Devin R., MD, Wigton, Robert S., MD

“…Abstract Background: Men and women communicate differently, but it is unclear whether this influences health care outcomes. Objective: Because women patients…”
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Predictors of urinary tract infection based on artificial neural networks and genetic algorithms by Heckerling, Paul S, Canaris, Gay J, Flach, Stephen D, Tape, Thomas G, Wigton, Robert S, Gerber, Ben S

“…Abstract Background Among women who present with urinary complaints, only 50% are found to have urinary tract infection. Individual urinary symptoms and…”
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The Effect of Obesity on Medical Students' Approach to Patients with Abdominal Pain by Wigton, Robert S., McGaghie, William C.

“…Because widely held stereotypes characterize obese people as less intelligent, unhappy, lacking in self control and more prone to psychological problems, we…”
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Use of genetic algorithms for neural networks to predict community-acquired pneumonia by Heckerling, Paul S, Gerber, Ben S, Tape, Thomas G, Wigton, Robert S

“…Background: Genetic algorithms have been used to solve optimization problems for artificial neural networks (ANN) in several domains. We used genetic…”
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Procedural experience and comfort level in internal medicine trainees by HICKS, Christopher M, GONZALES, Ralph, MORTON, Michael T, GIBBONS, Robert V, WIGTON, Robert S, ANDERSON, Robert J

“…The American Board of Internal Medicine (ABIM) has recommended a specific number of procedures be done as a minimum standard for ensuring competence in various…”
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A controlled trial of an interactive, web-based virtual reality program for teaching physical diagnosis skills to medical students by Grundman, J A, Wigton, R S, Nickol, D

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Prediction of Community-Acquired Pneumonia Using Artificial Neural Networks by Heckerling, Paul S., Gerber, Ben S., Tape, Thomas G., Wigton, Robert S.

“…Background. Artificial neural networks (ANN) have been used in the prediction of several medical conditions but have not been previously used to predict…”
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Can internal medicine residents master microscopic urinalysis? Results of an evaluation and teaching intervention by Canaris, Gay J, Flach, Stephen D, Tape, Thomas G, Stierwalt, Kathyrn M, Haggstrom, David A, Wigton, Robert S

“…Although microscopic urinalysis (micro UA) is commonly used in clinical practice, and residents are trained in micro UA, proficiency in this procedure has not…”
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You can lead a horse to water--improving physicians' knowledge of probabilities may not affect their decisions by Poses, R M, Cebul, R D, Wigton, R S

“…To determine whether improving physicians' judgments of the probability of streptococcal pharyngitis for patients with sore throats would affect their use of…”
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Factors explaining variability among caregivers in the intent to restrict life-support interventions in a pediatric intensive care unit by Randolph, Adrienne G, Zollo, Mary B, Wigton, Robert S, Yeh, Timothy S

“…OBJECTIVETo explore patient-related factors which influence the decisions of pediatric intensive care unit (ICU) caregivers to restrict life-support…”
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Variation by Specialty in the Treatment of Urinary Tract Infection in Women by Wigton, Robert S., Longenecker, J. Craig, Bryan, Teresa J., Parenti, Connie, Flach, Stephen D., Tape, Thomas G.

“…To determine practicing physicians' strategies for diagnosing and managing uncomplicated urinary tract infection, we surveyed physicians in general internal…”
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The Effects of Proficiency and Bias on Residents’ Interpretation of the Microscopic Urinalysis by Flach, Stephen D., Canaris, Gay J., Tape, Thomas G., Huntley, Kathryn M., Wigton, Robert S.

“…Objective . This study aims to determine whether residents are influenced by clinical information when interpreting microscopic urinalysis (UA) and estimating…”
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