Sequence matters: patterns in task-based clinical reasoning

Abstract

The cognitive pathways that lead to an accurate diagnosis and efficient management plan can touch on various clinical reasoning tasks (1). These tasks can be employed at any point during the clinical reasoning process and though the four distinct categories of framing, diagnosis, management, and reflection provide some insight into how these tasks map onto clinical reasoning, much is still unknown about the task-based clinical reasoning process. For example, when and how are these tasks typically used? And more importantly, do these clinical reasoning task processes evolve when patient encounters become complex and/or challenging (i.e. with contextual factors)?

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Apr 22, 2020
Source ID
10.1515/dx-2019-0095

Entities

People

  • Abigail Konopasky
  • Divya Ramani
  • Elexis Mcbee
  • Jerusalem Merkebu
  • Michael Soh
  • Steven J. Durning
  • Temple Ratcliffe

Organizations

  • Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Tags

Readers

  • Brain and Cognitive Science; Experimental Psychology; Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.
  • Medical or Health Care Field.