TY  - JOUR
T1  - Training in uncertainty has value for primary care physicians: Overreliance on technology can be remedied—reply
AU  - Sirovich BE, Woloshin S, Schwartz LM
Y1  - 2012/02/13
N1  - 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1567
JO  - Archives of Internal Medicine
SP  - 296
EP  - 297
VL  - 172
IS  - 3
N2  - 
One fundamental principle that new physicians need to understand is that, ironically, more testing often increases—rather than decreases—clinical uncertainty. First, it is a rare diagnostic test that yields a yes or no answer regarding a suspected clinical condition; test results may reduce—or increase—uncertainty.1 Second, diagnostic testing (particularly imaging) frequently reveals unexpected abnormalities unrelated to the reason for the examination.2- 3 There is typically great uncertainty about whether following and treating these abnormalities does more good than harm.

SN  - 0003-9926
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1567
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archinternmed.2011.1567
ER  -