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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.  

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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