title: Teaching Evidence-Based Physical Diagnosis: Six Bedside Lessons.
abstract: Evidence-based physical diagnosis is an essential part of the bedside curriculum. By using the likelihood ratio, a simple measure of diagnostic accuracy, teachers can quickly adapt this approach to their bedside teaching. Six recurring themes in evidence-based physical diagnosis are fully reviewed, with examples, in this article.
authors.affiliation: From the Seattle-Puget Sound VA Health Care System, Seattle, Washington.
authors.forename: Steven
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: McGee
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004501:Education, Medical; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D010808:Physical Examination