Clinical reasoning Flashcards
What are the two classes of reasoning?
Analytic
Synthetic
What type of reasoning is deduction?
Analytic reasoning
What type of reasoning is abduction?
Synthetic reasoning
What type of reasoning is induction?
Synthetic reasoning
What is deduction?
If the premises are true then the conclusion is necessarily true
What are nomothetic explanations?
Consider a case as an instance of a category
What are idiographic explanations?
Seek to understand what is particular to the case
Why is deduction not sufficient for clinical work?
Because diagnosis does no predict treatment/ treatment outcome
When is deduction predominantly used?
Treatment in the ER and disability examinations
What is induction?
Infer from the particular to the general- asserts a law. It can lead to new knowledge
When is induction used?
Most common in research: risks and benefits of treatment
What is abduction?
Search for a theory that would explain a suprising /novel situation that is not easily understood through routine explanations
What are the steps to abduction?
- Generation of hypotheses
- Selection among hypotheses
What are the criteria to select among hypotheses?
- Testability
- Explanatory power
- Economy
When does abduction usually start?
With the patients
