Clinical exam and clinical reasoning in production animals

Question 1

Describe type 1 clinical reasoning?

Answer 1

• Intuitive, Rapid, Experience, Non-analytical, Illness scripts, Existing solutions

Inc error risk?

Question 2

Describe type 2 Clinical Reasoning

Answer 2

‘Scientific’ - hypothetico-deductive, analytical, inc cognitive load

Novel situations

Question 3

What key questions to ask yourself?

Answer 3

• What is the problem?
• What system is involved and how?
• What location of the problem in the system?
• What is the lesion ?

Question 4

How might problem lists differ in production?

Answer 4

• Involvement of farm management
• Analysing data
• Varying numbers of individuals