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ArticleCanadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien2015

Losing touch? Refining the role of physical examination in family medicine.

Martina Kelly, Wendy Tink, Lara Nixon, Tim Dornan

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Article in Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Martina KellyDr Kelly is teaching faculty in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta.Dr Tink is teaching faculty in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta.Dr Nixon is teaching faculty in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta.Dr Dornan is Professor in the Centre for Medical Education at Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom and in the School of Health Education at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
Wendy TinkDr Kelly is teaching faculty in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta.Dr Tink is teaching faculty in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta.Dr Nixon is teaching faculty in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta.Dr Dornan is Professor in the Centre for Medical Education at Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom and in the School of Health Education at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
Lara NixonDr Kelly is teaching faculty in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta.Dr Tink is teaching faculty in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta.Dr Nixon is teaching faculty in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta.Dr Dornan is Professor in the Centre for Medical Education at Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom and in the School of Health Education at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.
Tim DornanDr Kelly is teaching faculty in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta.Dr Tink is teaching faculty in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta.Dr Nixon is teaching faculty in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Calgary in Alberta.Dr Dornan is Professor in the Centre for Medical Education at Queen's University Belfast in the United Kingdom and in the School of Health Education at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

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TouchFamily PracticeHumansPhysical Examination

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PMID26668277
PMCPMC4677934

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