Table 2.

Mean percentage (rounded to one decimal) of words used in a tutorial dialogue for main codes in the coding categories diagnostic reasoning, gut feelings, diagnostic reasoning process, management and communication in both the reporting and analysis phase of diagnostic reasoning and number of TDs in which they occurred

	Phase of reporting of diagnostic reasoning		Phase of analysis of diagnostic reasoning		Total
	% words (range)	In N TDs	% words (range)	In N TDs	% words	In N TDs
Diagnostic reasoning	17.1 (0.0–35.7)	16	49.1 (22.5–75.4)	17	66.2	17
Presentation of patient	8.2 (0–23.4)	14	1.1 (0–10.7)	6	9.3	15
Differential diagnosis	0.1 (0–1.0)	2	8.2 (0.6–29.7)	17	8.3	17
Medical/epidemiological/therapeutic knowledge	0.2 (0–1.1)	6	7.9 (0.4–56.7)	17	8.1	17
Making diagnostic considerations more explicitly	0.3 (0–1.6)	6	6.5 (0.5–19.3)	17	6.8	17
Making relevant history more explicitly	1.4 (0–4.8)	13	3.3 (0–7.9)	15	4.7	16
Physical examination	2.4 (0–8.6)	14	2.3 (0–8.2)	14	4.7	15
History-taking	1.6 (0–3.7)	14	2.3 (0–8.8)	15	3.9	16
Contextual information	0.9 (0–4.1)	11	2.3 (0–8.6)	15	3.2	15
Experiential knowledge	0.4 (0–3.0)	6	1.9 (0–10.4)	14	2.3	14
Gut feelings	0.2 (0–1.2)	4	2.9 (0–43.6)	6	3.1	7
Significance	0.1 (0–0.8)	3	0.4 (0–4.0)	5	0.5	5
Process	0.0 (0–0.3)	1	0.5 (0–7.8)	2	0.5	3
Description	0.0	0	0.4 (0–7.1)	2	0.4	2
Triggers, cues	0.0 (0–0.6)	1	0.4 (0–7.1)	2	0.4	3
Learning process	0.0	0	0.4 (0–6.2)	1	0.4	1
Validity	0.0	0	0.3 (0–4.4)	1	0.3	1
Determinants	0.0	0	0.2 (0–3.4)	2	0.2	2
Example	0.1 (0–0.9)	1	0.2 (0–2.8)	1	0.2	2
GP traineeship	0.0	0	0.1 (0–0.9)	1	0.1	1
Out-of-office hours	0.0	0	0.1 (0–0.8)	1	0.1	1
Shared decision-making	0.0	0	0.0 (0–0.5)	1	0.0	1
Diagnostic reasoning process	0.5 (0–5.9)	7	0.2 (0–1.5)	4	0.7	10
Management	4.4 (0–9.6)	16	11.8 (4.4–30.4)	17	16.2	17
Communication	1.6 (0–7.4)	11	3.0 (0–14.7)	10	4.6	15