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Evidence Based Practice consists of three overlapping areas... Evidence from Research, Physician Knowledge/Experience, and Patient Experience/Preference. I doubt a GP can know much about patient experience and preference after a yearly 5 minute consult. My last GP was very thorough and took 30-45 minutes on average for her consults with me. I did feel she knew me very well. There is no law that says a doctor can only spend 5 minutes on a consult. I believe that part of the health reform movement is to shift the 5 minute consult tendency to a practice that would be more like my last doc. Reward docs for keeping their patients well rather then having as many sick patients as possible. -- Susan Fowler, MLIS Medical Librarian Evidence at Becker: http://beckerguides.wustl.edu/ebm Mobile Resources Guide: http://beckerguides.wustl.edu/mobileresources Becker Medical Library, Washington University in St. Louis 314-362-8092 [log in to unmask] On Fri, Oct 14, 2011 at 4:41 AM, Jon Brassey <[log in to unmask]>wrote: > Hi All, > > I'm not 100% sure where I'm going with this! But, I was in a meeting the > other day (as an observer) and a doctor said something along the lines of > 'I'm a doctor and I know my patients'. > > While this is not an unusual thing to hear, this time it struck me. I > thought I see my GP about once a year. I typically spend 5-10 mins with > them. I don't feel my GP knows me, not in the slightest. > > But, bottom line, do doctors know their patient group? Is there any > evidence for this and if there is, is this knowledge demonstrably and > consistently useful? > > BW > > jon >