TY - JOUR T1 - Randomised trial comparing prototype structures for clinical letters JF - Archives of Disease in Childhood JO - Arch Dis Child SP - 1178 LP - 1178 DO - 10.1136/adc.2004.054304 VL - 89 IS - 12 AU - G Wynn AU - D Hindley Y1 - 2004/12/01 UR - http://adc.bmj.com/content/89/12/1178.1.abstract N2 - A seven and a half minute consultation leaves a GP little time to extract the salient points from waffling clinical correspondence. Consultants’ letters to GPs often contain minimal structure, yet GPs prefer letters containing lists of key problems and management issues.1–3 We examined whether highly structured letters, using headings and bullet points, were preferred over problem/management list letters or unstructured … ER -