Thinking fast or slow? Functional magnetic resonance imaging reveals stronger connectivity when experienced neurologists diagnose ambiguous cases.

For ∼40 years, thinking about reasoning has been dominated by dual-process theories. This model, consisting of two distinct types of human reasoning, one fast and effortless and the other slow and deliberate, has also been applied to medical diagnosis. Medical experts are trained to diagnose patients based on their symptoms.

Rehabilitation in a complex case of topographical disorientation.

This paper describes the rehabilitation process of a patient with severe topographical disorientation. The study demonstrates the sustained effects of a tailor-made, meticulous rehabilitation programme based on the gradual development of compensatory strategies. The patient (RB) had a memory impairment specific to environmental landmarks.

Medical students' and teachers' perceptions of sexual misconduct in the student-teacher relationship.

Teachers are important role models for the development of professional behaviour of young trainee doctors. Unfortunately, sometimes they show unprofessional behaviour. To address misconduct in teaching, it is important to determine where the thresholds lie when it comes to inappropriate behaviours in student-teacher encounters.

Which characteristics of written feedback are perceived as stimulating students' reflective competence: an exploratory study.

Background: Teacher feedback on student reflective writing is recommended to improve learners' reflective competence. To be able to improve teacher feedback on reflective writing, it is essential to gain insight into which characteristics of written feedback stimulate students' reflection processes. Therefore, we investigated (1) which characteristics can be distinguished in written feedback comments on reflective writing and (2) which of these characteristics are perceived to stimulate students' reflection processes.

The effect of implementing undergraduate competency-based medical education on students' knowledge acquisition, clinical performance and perceived preparedness for practice: a comparative study.

Background: Little is known about the gains and losses associated with the implementation of undergraduate competency-based medical education. Therefore, we compared knowledge acquisition, clinical performance and perceived preparedness for practice of students from a competency-based active learning (CBAL) curriculum and a prior active learning (AL) curriculum.

Methods: We included two cohorts of both the AL curriculum (n=453) and the CBAL curriculum (n=372).

[Supervising students according to the STAMPPOT method: efficient integration of patient care and clinical teaching].

During the supervision of a registrar or house officer who has taken the history from a patient and has performed a physical examination, optimal patient care and education should be integrated. The 'One-Minute Preceptor Method' has already been described as a method that is suitable for this task. We have expanded on this method.

[The role of gut instinct is an important subject].

The role of gut instinct in general practice is an important topic. The reliance on gut instinct by experienced doctors is thought to be a form of intuitive decision-making which fits in with System 1 processes in the dual process model in higher cognition. Special mention is made of the theories on intuitive decision-making by the famous Dutch psychologist De Groot, who, when investigating thought processes of chess masters more than half a century ago, developed a fundamental theory on intuitive heuristics.