Quiz 1 Clinical Decision Making Questions and Answers

Describe the hypothetico-deductive model of reasoning and what type of clinicians use it -hypothetico-deductive model- clinician gets clues from/abt the patient and then creates tentative hypothesis abt patients illness and confirms/negates them -use by more inexperience practicioners Describe pattern recognition and what type of practitioners use it -pattern recognition- recognizes certain features of illnesses almost right away and uses forward reasoning (faster and more efficient) -used by more experienced practicioners Describe narrative reasoning and who uses it -narrative reasoning- focuses on how the condition impacts the patients life (empathetic)/collaborate with patient -skilled practitioners use this and outcomes are better when this is used Define these types of biases: -anchoring bias- -availability bias- -blind-spot bias- -choice-supportive bias- -clustering illusion- -confirmation bias- -conservatiem bias -information bias- -ostrich effect- -outcome bias- -salience- -overconfidence -placebo effect -anchoring bias- focusing on first piece of information you here -availability bias- overestimating the importance of the info you have available to you -blind-spot bias- see that other people have biases but don't think you have biases -choice-supportive bias- once you choose something you feel more positive about it even if it has flaws -clustering illusion- seeing patterns where they dont exist -confirmation bias- only listening to info thas supports our hypothesis -conservatism bias- favoring old info over newly emerging info -information bias- seek more information even if it is not helping with your goal -ostrich effect- refusing to list to negative info abt your decision ("sticking head in sand") -outcome bias- juding your decisin based on the outcome not on how the decision was made