“I Can’t Find Anything Wrong: It Must Be a Pulmonary Embolism”: Diagnosing Suspected Pulmonary Embolism in Primary Care, a Qualitative Study. by Marie Barais et al. This study illustrated the diagnostic role of gut feelings in the specific context of suspected pulmonary embolism (PE) in primary care. The Family Physicians used the sense of alarm as a… read more

An observational study was done by Ann Van den Bruel et al. to investigate the basis and added value of clinicians’ “gut feeling” that infections in children are more serious than suggested by clinical assessment. The participants were consecutive series of 3890 children and young people aged 0-16 years presenting in primary care. The authors… read more

To determine whether a consensus on ‘gut feelings’ in general practice in France could be obtained a Delphi consensus procedure has been used. The researchers took the Dutch initial statements as starting points. After three Delphi rounds, French GPs reached agreement on nine statements. Many similarities have been found between the Dutch and the French defining… read more

A letter to editor published in Medical Teacher: ‘Take your gut feelings seriously’. Increased awareness of gut feelings, fast feedback, structured reflection and specific experience may help student to learn when to trust gut feelings and when to slow down. http://informahealthcare.com/doi/full/10.3109/0142159X.2012.652709