Commentary: Learning out of your depth

As a medical educationalist and part time general practitioner, I was comfortable reading the first three paragraphs of this case presentation,1 couched in familiar descriptors of a patient’s signs and symptoms. My attention was caught by the issues of the termination choices that Andrea G faced. Initially, the unusual features of her case engaged the amateur clinical detective within me. It soon became apparent, however, that most of this case presentation was a description of clinical events and diagnostic and management dilemmas that are outside my competence, my experience, …