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R V Birtwhistle

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Birtwhistle R, Sauerbrei E
Can Fam Physician . 2011 Feb; 29:1621-5. PMID: 21283395
Ultrasonography is the technique of choice in diagnosing gallbladder calculi. In the mid-1970s ultrasound was only accurate enough to use as an adjunct to oral cholecystography but refinements such as...
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Hamilton A, Birtwhistle R
Can Fam Physician . 2011 Jan; 32:1443-5. PMID: 21267096
A chart audit of 250 randomly selected adult patients at a university-based family practice unit showed that 91.9% had attended the clinic during a five-year period (89.0% for males and...
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Birtwhistle R, Anderson J
Can Fam Physician . 2011 Jan; 35:51-5. PMID: 21253267
While previous records of a new patient can be of great benefit, the process of record transfer often leads to frustration for both the receiving and sending physician. This report...
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Birtwhistle R
Can Fam Physician . 2011 Jan; 34:1681-3. PMID: 21253067
According to market surveys, antacid use is common in the general population. This study of antacid use in a university-based family-practice clinic supports this conclusion. In a sample of 731...
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Birtwhistle R
Can Fam Physician . 2011 Jan; 34:327-31. PMID: 21253047
Laboratory and radiological investigations are central to the diagnosis and management of our patients' health problems. Physicians often order a diagnostic test routinely without giving much thought to the benefits,...
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Birtwhistle R
Can Fam Physician . 2011 Jan; 35:849-52. PMID: 21249032
Encouraging family-practice residents to undertake a research project should be a mandate of every Department of Family Medicine. In order to have an effective resident research program, time, expertise, funding...
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Birtwhistle R
Can Fam Physician . 2011 Jan; 35:2207-12. PMID: 21248912
No abstract available.
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Kirby J, Delva M, Knapper C, Birtwhistle R
Eval Health Prof . 2003 Mar; 26(1):104-21. PMID: 12629925
Two questionnaires were developed to investigate the workplace learning of physicians. The Approaches to Work Questionnaire for Physicians and the Workplace Climate Questionnaire for Physicians were adapted from general measures...
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Delva M, Kirby J, Knapper C, Birtwhistle R
BMJ . 2002 Nov; 325(7374):1218. PMID: 12446540
Objectives: To understand the approaches to learning of practising physicians in their workplace and to assess the relation of these approaches to their motivation for, preferred methods of, and perceived...
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Birtwhistle R
Acad Med . 2000 Sep; 75(9 Suppl):S438-40. PMID: 10995731
No abstract available.