Learning clinical reasoning /
Jerome P. Kassirer, John B. Wong and Richard I. Kopelman.
- Second edition.
- Baltimore, Maryland : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2010
- xix, 329 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Diagnostic hypothesis generation -- Refinement of diagnostic hypotheses -- Use and interpretation of diagnostic tests -- Causal reasoning -- Diagnostic verification -- Therapeutic decision making -- Examining evidence -- Cognitive errors -- Some cognitive concepts -- Learning clinical problem solving -- Introduction to the cases -- Diagnostic hypothesis generation -- Refinement of diagnostic hypotheses -- Use and interpretation of diagnostic tests -- Causal reasoning -- Diagnostic verification -- Therapeutic decision making -- Examining evidence -- Cognitive errors -- Some cognitive concepts -- Learning clinical problem solving.
This resource explains the chief components of the clinical reasoning process, including a discussion of cognitive errors. It contains 69 case studies in which clinicians 'think out loud' about diagnostic and therapeutic dilemmas, and the authors critique these clinicians' reasoning.