Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5576385 | The American Journal of Medicine | 2017 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
Research has shown that expert clinicians make a medical diagnosis through a process of hypothesis generation and verification. Experts begin the diagnostic process by generating a list of diagnostic hypotheses using intuitive, nonanalytic reasoning. Analytic reasoning then allows the clinician to test and verify or reject each hypothesis, leading to a diagnostic conclusion. In this article, we focus on the initial step of hypothesis generation and review how expert clinicians use experiential knowledge to intuitively recognize a medical diagnosis.
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Authors
John E. MD, Jonathan MD, MEd, Geoffrey R. PhD,