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hypothetico-deductive reasoning: a standalone construct

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Clinical reasoning

diagnosing by generating a few early hypotheses from initial cues and then gathering and interpreting further data to confirm or rule them out.

In clinical reasoning, hypothetico-deductive reasoning refers to diagnosing by generating a few early hypotheses from initial cues and then gathering and interpreting further data to confirm or rule them out. This meaning comes from Elstein (2002) in BMJ.[1]

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References

Elstein, A. S., & Schwarz, A. (2002). Clinical problem solving and diagnostic decision making: selective review of the cognitive literature. BMJ, 324(7339), 729-732. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.324.7339.729

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