Keep thinking about unanswered questions in primary care: Cultivating negative capability

Daisuke Son; Kazuoki Inoue; Minako Kamimoto; Shin-Ichi Taniguchi

doi:10.1002/jgf2.615

Keep thinking about unanswered questions in primary care: Cultivating negative capability

J Gen Fam Med. 2023 Mar 13;24(3):205-206. doi: 10.1002/jgf2.615. eCollection 2023 May.

Authors

Daisuke Son¹, Kazuoki Inoue², Minako Kamimoto³, Shin-Ichi Taniguchi¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Community-based Family Medicine, Faculty of Medicine Tottori University Yonago Japan.
² National Health Insurance Daisen Clinic Tottori Japan.
³ Tottori Medical Career Support Center Tottori University Hospital Yonago Japan.

Abstract

Negative capability or tolerance for uncertainty is important for primary care physicians. The 2022 edition of the Model Core Curriculum for Medical Education also states that the content of professionalism is to "keep thinking about unanswerable questions."