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Question:
What are the key elements of the clinical reasoning process?
Answer:
Gather initial patient information
Organize and interpret clinical information
Synthesize clinical information and develop problem representation
Generate a hypothesis by searching for the probable cause of findings
Test your hypothesis
Establish a working diagnosis
Plan the diagnostic and treatment strategy
,Question:
What is clinical reasoning
Answer:
mental process of analyzing elements of a clinical situation to make a decision
Question:
What is anchoring bias?
Answer:
locking onto prominent features in initial presentation too early in the
diagnostic process, failing to adjust in light of later information
Question:
What is availability heuristic?
Answer:
Assumption that a diagnosis is more likely, or more frequently occurring, if it
more readily comes to mind.
,Question:
What is confirmation bias?
Answer:
Seeking supportive evidence for a diagnosis at the exclusion of more
persuasive information refuting it
Question:
What is diagnostic momentum?
Answer:
Prioritizing a diagnosis made by prior clinicians, discounting evidence of
alternative explanations
Question:
What is the framing effect?
Answer:
interpretation of information is influenced heavily by the way information
about the problem is presented/framed
, Question:
What is representation error?
Answer:
Failure to take prevalence into account when estimating the probability of a
diagnosis
Question:
What is visceral bias?
Answer:
Visceral arousal (negative and positive feelings toward patient) lead to poor
diagnostic decisions
Question:
how to make the best clinical decisions
Answer:
integrate clinical expertise, patient preference, and the best available clinical
evidence