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diagnostic momentum: a standalone construct

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Clinical reasoning

the way a tentative diagnosis gathers certainty as it is passed between clinicians until other possibilities are excluded.

In clinical reasoning, diagnostic momentum refers to the way a tentative diagnosis gathers certainty as it is passed between clinicians until other possibilities are excluded. This meaning comes from Croskerry (2003) in Academic Medicine.[1]

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References

  1. Croskerry, P. (2003). The Importance of Cognitive Errors in Diagnosis and Strategies to Minimize Them. Academic Medicine, 78(8), 775-780. https://doi.org/10.1097/00001888-200308000-00003

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