General practice

Article summary

General practice is personal, family, and community-orientated comprehensive primary care that includes diagnosis, continues over time and is anticipatory as well as responsive.

Key claims

1. date of establishment: 1911 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of establishment: 1948 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of establishment: 1948 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. date of establishment: 2017 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
5. publication date: 2016 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of establishment is "1911". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of establishment is "1948". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the date of establishment is "1948". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the date of establishment is "2017". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. The record states that the publication date is "2016". What evidence would count against this claim?
7. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
8. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1378750844