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(As an Extension of the Weed System)

J. Willis Hurst, MD

Arch Intern Med. 1971;128(3):463-465.

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The proper presenation of a patient's medical problems by an expert is an artistic and scientific achievement that stimulates and teaches those who hear him. Since experts are rare, it is not uncommon for the one who presents a patient's medical problems to achieve a negative result. Some years ago, in an effort to improve the art, I wrote a short satire entitled "The Art of Poor Case Presentation" hoping to highlight—and thereby eradicate—the destructive aspects of the act of presenting.^1,2 Unfortunately, the satire did not produce any visible evidence of benefit even though it was widely read. Now, some years later, another approach is needed in order to improve the art of presenting a patient's problem. Accordingly, the objective of this discussion is to describe a method of "patient presentation" which recognizes the changes which are occurring in our medical education and patient care systems. The changes that . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
Atlanta

From the Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta. Dr. Hurst is professor and chairman of the Department of Medicine.

Footnotes
Received for publication May 20, 1971; accepted June 25.

Reprint requests to Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, 69 Butler St SE, Atlanta 30303 (Dr. Hurst).

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