Q-List

Acronym	Definition
Q-List	Equipment Qualification List

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The Q-List is formulated as a series of questions because inquiry is the essence of so much of my work: inquiry as to the nature of patients' problems, inquiry as to the their abilities to manage treatment plans, and inquiry as to their capacities to endure and overcome.

Q-List questions can help generalist physicians see the forest for the trees, grasp a metaview of patients' situations, and decide in turn how they and other members of the health care team can best respond.

Others generalists, while accepting of the Q-List's interrogative structure, may object to my specific choice of questions.

or, second, what is the validity of the Q-List in day-to-day practice?

The Q-List is based on my 26 years' experience as a family physician, primarily in safety net clinics in the United States.

The Q-List I propose above complements the work of many who have tried to advance the theory and practice of generalist medicine over the last several decades, in spite of an overall medical culture that has favored of the kind of technocratic-based problem-solving approach embodied by checklists.

The interaction is guided by the Q-List questions, noted in italics, that I ask myself or, at least, momentarily consider as a consciously learned behavior during the emerging course of the encounter.

The Q-list manifesto: how to get things right in generalist medical practice

And so "Q-List" was born and, by mid-January, the first group of Canadian captains and lieutenants, warrant officers and sergeants were commanding companies and platoons against a live enemy.

The spearhead of his attack stuck the 38th Irish Brigade in which about a dozen of the Canadian "Q-List" personnel were serving.

Whatever the truth, except for the unlucky who were killed or badly wounded and the single POW, "Q-List" was a worthwhile adventure for the others.

World War Two: up against Rommel: canucks in North Africa

Will the Q-List fall into their hands and come to me as a directive to complete each time I see a patient, forcing my eyes to a form or computer screen and away from the eyes and heart of my patient?

Another list or a grounding tool? Thoughts on The Q-List Manifesto

Finally, the Q-List may be especially helpful for those patients many of us care for who we secretly sometimes hope do not show up.

Response to Dr. Ventres' Q-List Manifesto

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