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Microskill #6 - Teach General Rules

As shown above, teaching general rules often flows naturally from the learner’s presentation and your follow-up. When this happens, it is the ideal "teaching moment" when the learner is primed for important new information they can immediately use. You do not have to know everything. Some of the most powerful learning occurs when you demonstrate to the learner that physicians frequently have to "look things up."

"In older patients with headache, it is important to consider glaucoma and temporal arteritis as well as the primary headaches"

"This rash is not typical of any common conditions. The best reference is …. If we don’t solve the problem by looking at that, we need to call . . ."

 

 

 

 

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