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Correction: Additional Investigations and Referrals by Primary Care Physicians in Uncertain Clinical Situations: Cross-Sectional Study Using Virtual Patient–Based Scenarios

Correction: Additional Investigations and Referrals by Primary Care Physicians in Uncertain Clinical Situations: Cross-Sectional Study Using Virtual Patient–Based Scenarios

Authors of this article:

Mathieu Lorenzo1, 2 Author Orcid Image ;   Thierry Pelaccia2 Author Orcid Image ;   Emmanuel Triby3 Author Orcid Image ;   Yunus Can1 Author Orcid Image ;   Romain Krider1 Author Orcid Image ;   Hubert Maisonneuve4 Author Orcid Image ;   Nicolas Fernandez5 Author Orcid Image
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    1Department of General Medicine and Territorial Training, Faculty of Medicine, Midwifery, and Health Sciences, University of Strasbourg, 4 rue Kirschleger, Strasbourg, France

    2Center for Training and Research in Health Sciences Education (CFRPS), Faculty of Medicine, Midwifery, and Health Sciences, University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, Grand Est, France

    3Faculty of Education and Lifelong Learning (ESPE), University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France

    4University Institute for Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

    5Center for Applied Pedagogy in Health Sciences (CPASS), University of Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada

    Corresponding Author:

    Mathieu Lorenzo, MD, PhD



    In “Additional Investigations and Referrals by Primary Care Physicians in Uncertain Clinical Situations: Cross-Sectional Study Using Virtual Patient–Based Scenarios” [1], the authors noted three corrections.

    In Table 1, where it says:

    Table 1.
    Total (N=40)<10 years of experience (n=20)>10 years of experience (n=20)
    Number of AIRs, mean (SD)10.3 (3.7)11.5 (3.5)9.2 (3.7)

    The data are corrected as follows (presented here as Table 2):

    Table 2.
    Total (N=40)<10 years of experience (n=20)>10 years of experience (n=20)
    Number of AIRs, mean (SD)9.2 (3.6)10.2 (3.4)8.1 (3.7)

    In the results section, where it says:

    They requested an average of 10.3 additional investigations and referrals (SD 3.6; minimum 1 to maximum 16), with 34 different proposals.

    The text has been replaced with:

    They requested an average of 9.2 additional investigations and referrals (SD 3.6; minimum 1 to maximum 16), with 34 different proposals.

    In the results section, where it says:

    Participants with less than 10 years of professional experience ordered fewer additional investigations and referrals on average: 10.2 (SD 3.4; 95% CI 8.9‐11.7) vs 8.1 (SD 3.7; 95% CI 6.5‐9.9; P=.02).

    The text has been replaced with:

    Participants with less than 10 years of professional experience ordered more additional investigations and referrals on average: 10.2 (SD 3.4; 95% CI 8.9‐11.7) vs 8.1 (SD 3.7; 95% CI 6.5‐9.9; P=.03).

    These corrections will appear in the online version of the paper on the JMIR Publications website together with the publication of this correction notice. Because this was made after submission to PubMed, PubMed Central, and other full-text repositories, the corrected article has also been resubmitted to those repositories.

    1. Lorenzo M, Pelaccia T, Triby E, et al. Additional investigations and referrals by primary care physicians in uncertain clinical situations: cross-sectional study using virtual patient-based scenarios. JMIR Form Res. Mar 30, 2026;10:e71717. [CrossRef] [Medline]

    This is a non–peer-reviewed article. submitted 11.May.2026; accepted 19.May.2026; published 07.Aug.2026.

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    © Mathieu Lorenzo, Thierry Pelaccia, Emmanuel Triby, Yunus Can, Romain Krider, Hubert Maisonneuve, Nicolas Fernandez. Originally published in JMIR Formative Research (https://formative.jmir.org), 7.Aug.2026.

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