TY - JOUR
T1 - Oral Iron and the Hemoccult Test
T2 - A Controversy on the Teaching Wards
AU - Kulbaski, Mark J.
AU - Goold, Susan Dorr
AU - Tecce, Marc A.
AU - Friedenheim, Richard E.
AU - Palarski, Jeffrey D.
AU - Brancati, Frederick L.
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2017 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 1989/6/1
Y1 - 1989/6/1
N2 - To the Editor: Teaching rounds have been criticized for encouraging the passive acquisition of facts in place of analysis and inquiry.1,2 The teaching of an approach to scientific inquiry may be improved by prompting the ward team to investigate a clinical problem actively on its own ward. We report the investigation of a clinical controversy that was performed by a single medical-ward team during a month-long rotation: Does oral iron therapy cause a positive guaiac test for occult blood in stool (Hemoccult)? This debate was sparked by a case discussion early in the month. A poll of the team members…
AB - To the Editor: Teaching rounds have been criticized for encouraging the passive acquisition of facts in place of analysis and inquiry.1,2 The teaching of an approach to scientific inquiry may be improved by prompting the ward team to investigate a clinical problem actively on its own ward. We report the investigation of a clinical controversy that was performed by a single medical-ward team during a month-long rotation: Does oral iron therapy cause a positive guaiac test for occult blood in stool (Hemoccult)? This debate was sparked by a case discussion early in the month. A poll of the team members…
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198906013202222
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198906013202222
M3 - Letter
C2 - 2716806
AN - SCOPUS:0024393896
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 320
SP - 1500
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 22
ER -