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"Does your knee make more of a click or a clack?"; teaching "Car Talk" to new docs.

March 13, 2019

Chisholm P. Health Shots. National Public Radio. February 27, 2019.

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Problem solving is a key skill for diagnosticians to counteract biases and ensure potential problems are considered. This news article discusses how methods used in a popular radio program to diagnose automobile problems can be utilized to teach diagnostic decision making to medical students.

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