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Table 2 Diagnostic Thinking Processes used by clinicians along four quarters of visit time intervals

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

STUDENTS

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Total

1st quarter

0

0

17

5

0

2

0

1

18

0

0

0

0

0

43

2nd quarter

3

1

28

10

1

2

6

4

25

0

0

6

0

1

87

3rd quarter

7

9

61

8

0

1

10

14

5

0

0

6

1

0

122

4th quarter

8

6

35

10

1

2

3

7

1

0

0

9

0

1

83

Overall Students

18

16

141

33

2

7

19

26

49

0

0

21

1

2

335

DENTISTS

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

Total

1st quarter

0

0

5

4

0

0

3

1

8

0

0

0

0

0

21

2nd quarter

3

4

11

13

0

2

6

6

21

0

0

0

0

0

66

3rd quarter

6

15

37

8

0

4

6

10

15

0

0

2

0

1

104

4th quarter

3

13

33

9

3

2

1

6

12

0

0

14

1

4

101

Overall Dentists

12

32

86

34

3

8

16

23

56

0

0

16

1

5

292

Total

30

48

227

67

5

15

35

49

105

0

0

37

2

7

627