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Table 1 Diagnostic Thinking Process frequency distribution across student and expert clinicians

From: Diagnostic thinking and information used in clinical decision-making: a qualitative study of expert and student dental clinicians

Student No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Total

1

1

3

8

2

0

1

0

2

4

0

0

3

1

0

25

2

0

0

9

4

0

0

3

2

4

0

0

1

0

0

23

3

2

1

8

2

1

2

0

3

2

0

0

0

0

0

21

4

0

0

6

2

0

0

2

1

3

0

0

0

0

0

14

5

0

1

6

1

0

0

0

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

10

6

1

0

8

1

1

0

0

4

4

0

0

1

0

0

20

7

2

1

9

5

0

0

1

1

3

0

0

2

0

1

25

8

1

0

10

1

0

1

0

1

2

0

0

3

0

0

19

9

0

2

3

1

0

0

2

1

1

0

0

0

0

0

10

10

0

1

8

1

0

1

2

1

4

0

0

2

0

1

21

11

2

2

11

0

0

0

1

1

4

0

0

0

0

0

21

12

1

0

12

3

0

1

2

2

3

0

0

2

0

0

26

13

2

0

10

1

0

0

0

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

17

14

1

2

10

2

0

0

0

1

3

0

0

3

0

0

22

15

0

1

7

2

0

1

3

0

4

0

0

1

0

0

19

16

3

1

7

2

0

0

2

1

3

0

0

3

0

0

22

17

2

1

9

3

0

0

1

2

2

0

0

0

0

0

20

Overall Students:

1,1

0,9

8,3

1,9

0,1

0,4

1,1

1,5

2,9

0,0

0,0

1,2

0,1

0,1

19,7

Dentist No.

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Total

1

1

7

2

5

1

1

1

1

4

0

0

1

0

2

26

2

1

0

3

1

0

0

0

1

2

0

0

1

0

0

9

3

0

0

3

4

0

0

0

4

5

0

0

2

0

0

18

4

0

0

5

0

0

0

0

1

2

0

0

1

0

0

9

5

0

0

5

0

0

0

0

1

2

0

0

1

0

0

9

6

0

3

1

1

1

2

0

0

1

0

0

0

0

0

9

7

2

3

6

4

0

2

2

2

4

0

0

0

1

0

26

8

0

3

9

4

1

0

2

1

2

0

0

0

0

1

23

9

0

0

4

3

0

0

1

1

2

0

0

1

0

1

13

10

2

4

7

3

0

1

1

2

5

0

0

1

0

1

27

11

1

2

4

1

0

1

1

2

6

0

0

2

0

0

20

12

2

2

7

2

0

0

4

2

4

0

0

0

0

0

23

13

0

2

6

2

0

0

1

4

7

0

0

2

0

0

24

14

2

2

11

3

0

1

3

1

7

0

0

2

0

0

32

15

1

4

13

1

0

0

0

0

3

0

0

2

0

0

24

Overall Dentists:

0,8

2,1

5,7

2,3

0,2

0,5

1,1

1,5

3,7

0,0

0,0

1,1

0,1

0,3

19,5

TOTAL

30

48

227

67

5

15

35

49

105

0

0

37

2

7

627