BMC Oral Health


Open Access Research article

Diagnostic thinking and information used in clinical decision-making: a qualitative study of expert and student dental clinicians

Gerardo Maupomé1,2*, Stuart Schrader3, Saurabh Mannan4, Lawrence Garetto5 and Hafsteinn Eggertsson1

Author Affiliations

1 Department of Preventive and Community Dentistry, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

2 The Regenstrief Institute, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

3 Department of Oral Biology, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

4 Robert Schattner Center, School of Dental Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

5 Office of Dental Education, Indiana University School of Dentistry, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA

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BMC Oral Health 2010, 10:11 doi:10.1186/1472-6831-10-11

Published: 13 May 2010

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Appendix 1. Identification of DTP and examples in transcripts.

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Appendix 2. List of concepts identified and allocated to 98 categories in 15 groups of concepts.

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