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Medical Problem Solving: An Analysis of Clinical Reasoning

Arthur S. Elstein, +2 more
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The article was published on 1978-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 1600 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Model-based reasoning.

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Different from what the textbooks say : how GPs diagnose coronary heart disease

Maren Abu Hani, +6 more
- 01 Dec 2007 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors identify GPs' diagnostic criteria for diagnosing coronary heart disease in patients with chest pain, using a semi-structured interview, 23 GPs were asked to describe their individual diagnostic criteria in two of their patients they had prospectively identified.
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We should overcome the barriers to evidence-based clinical diagnosis!

W. Scott Richardson
- 01 Mar 2007 - 
TL;DR: Barriers to the sensible use of evidence from health care research research in clinical diagnosis can be identified and categorized, and possible solutions can be imagined.
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Expert-Type Knowledge Structure in Medical Students is Associated With Increased Odds of Diagnostic Success

Kevin McLaughlin, +3 more
- 05 Dec 2007 - 
TL;DR: The number of expert-type concepts in knowledge structure is associated with increased odds of diagnostic success and scheme use by small-group preceptors is associatedwith an increased number of specialist concepts inknowledge structure.
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Resection line disease in stomach cancer.

Michael J. Baum
- 06 Oct 1984 - 
TL;DR: The patient I have described does not need "psychiatric help"; he needs a doctor who can see him as a whole person with a mind as well as a body.
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Factors predicting a change in diagnosis in patients hospitalised through the emergency room: a prospective observational study

Stefanie C. Hautz, +10 more
- 01 May 2016 - 
TL;DR: The aim of this study is to identify factors that allow prediction of an ER's diagnostic performance and investigate the adequacy, validity and informativeness of physician confidence in these decisions.