Healthcare practitioners around the globe encounter difficulties when evaluating patient results across various medical systems. Nations frequently em...
GMAT Craft and Structure : (Structure) Questions
Healthcare practitioners around the globe encounter difficulties when evaluating patient results across various medical systems. Nations frequently employ different diagnostic standards and therapeutic approaches for identical medical conditions. For instance, hypertension diagnostic blood pressure limits vary considerably: certain nations categorize 130/80 readings as hypertensive, whereas others utilize 140/90 as the cutoff point. Such variations create substantial obstacles for medical investigators attempting to perform meaningful cross-border comparative research on therapeutic efficacy.
An alliance of prominent medical institutions has recently developed universal clinical protocols for prevalent conditions. These uniform procedures deliver consistent diagnostic standards and therapeutic guidance applicable worldwide. This new system, termed the 'Global Clinical Standards Initiative,' provides medical systems across the globe with a coordinated methodology for patient treatment and facilitates more precise evaluation of therapeutic results among various nations.
According to these texts, what would the Text 2 author's most probable response be to the issue described in Text 1?
By observing that a potential resolution to the issue exists
By advising that healthcare practitioners should explore different methodologies
By proposing that investigators concentrate on national rather than global research
By offering further illustrations of how medical evaluations are complicated
Step 1: Decode and Map the Passage
Part A: Create Passage Analysis Table
| Text from Passage | Analysis |
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| Healthcare practitioners around the globe encounter difficulties when evaluating patient results across various medical systems. |
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| Nations frequently employ different diagnostic standards and therapeutic approaches for identical medical conditions. |
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| For instance, hypertension diagnostic blood pressure limits vary considerably: certain nations categorize 130/80 readings as hypertensive, whereas others utilize 140/90 as the cutoff point. |
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| Such variations create substantial obstacles for medical investigators attempting to perform meaningful cross-border comparative research on therapeutic efficacy. |
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| An alliance of prominent medical institutions has recently developed universal clinical protocols for prevalent conditions. |
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| These uniform procedures deliver consistent diagnostic standards and therapeutic guidance applicable worldwide. |
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| This new system, termed the Global Clinical Standards Initiative, provides medical systems across the globe with a coordinated methodology for patient treatment and facilitates more precise evaluation of therapeutic results among various nations. |
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Part B: Provide Passage Architecture & Core Elements
Visual Structure Map:
TEXT 1: PROBLEM
├── Global practitioners face evaluation difficulties
├── Root cause: Different national standards
├── Example: BP thresholds (130/80 vs 140/90)
└── Consequence: Cross-border research obstacles
TEXT 2: SOLUTION
├── Medical alliance creates universal protocols
├── Details: Consistent worldwide standards
└── Global Clinical Standards Initiative benefits
Main Point: Text 1 presents the problem of inconsistent medical standards across nations hindering research, while Text 2 describes a solution through universal clinical protocols.
Argument Flow: Text 1 establishes that healthcare practitioners struggle with cross-border evaluations due to varying national medical standards, using hypertension diagnosis as an example. Text 2 then presents the development of universal clinical protocols as a coordinated solution to enable consistent global medical practices.
Step 2: Interpret the Question Precisely
- What's being asked? How the Text 2 author would most likely respond to the issue described in Text 1
- What type of answer do we need? A response that shows how Text 2 relates to or addresses Text 1's problem
- Any limiting keywords? most probable response - looking for the best fit
Step 3: Prethink the Answer
- Text 1 presents a clear problem: different medical standards across countries create obstacles for research
- Text 2 presents what appears to be a direct solution: universal clinical protocols that provide consistent standards worldwide
- The Text 2 author would most likely respond by pointing out that there is a solution to the problem Text 1 describes
- The response should acknowledge that Text 2's universal protocols directly address Text 1's issue of inconsistent standards
- The right answer should indicate that the Text 2 author would point to their universal protocols as a resolution to the standardization problem described in Text 1
By observing that a potential resolution to the issue exists
- This perfectly captures how Text 2 relates to Text 1 - Text 2 describes universal protocols that would resolve the standardization issues
- Matches our prethinking that Text 2 provides a solution to Text 1's problem
- The Global Clinical Standards Initiative is exactly the type of potential resolution that would address cross-border research obstacles
By advising that healthcare practitioners should explore different methodologies
- Text 2 doesn't advise exploring different methodologies - it promotes one unified approach
- This contradicts Text 2's focus on standardization rather than diversification
- What trap this represents: Students might confuse different approaches with better approaches, but Text 2 advocates for uniform, not varied, methodologies
By proposing that investigators concentrate on national rather than global research
- Text 2 explicitly facilitates global research through coordinated methodology among various nations
- This is the opposite of what Text 2 proposes - it's about enabling international collaboration, not limiting research to national boundaries
- What trap this represents: Students might misread the solution as avoiding the problem rather than solving it directly
By offering further illustrations of how medical evaluations are complicated
- Text 2 doesn't provide more examples of complications - it provides solutions
- This would make the problem worse, not better, which isn't what Text 2 does
- The focus of Text 2 is on resolution, not elaboration of difficulties