Ortho Intro

Question 1

Experienced clinicians will use what type of problem-solving methods?

Answer 1

Mixed (diagnostic reasoning)

Question 2

Novice clinicians usually heavily rely on what problem-solving method?

Answer 2

Hypothetico-deductive (“backward reasoning”)

Question 3

What type of problem solving is fast and efficient based on developed scripts or prototypes?

Answer 3

Pattern recognition (“forward reasoning”)

Question 4

Probabilistic Reasoning

Answer 4

assessing likelihood of a clinical hypothesis (statistic or approximated)

Question 5

Causal Reasoning

Answer 5

Inferences from clinical findings, cause and effect relationships of variables

Question 6

Case-based reasoning

Answer 6

Knowledge stored in a symbolic “script” (clinical pattern)

Question 7

Narrative Reasoning

Answer 7

Patient’s stories, experiences, beliefs, feelings, and health behaviors

Question 8

The elimination strategy…

Answer 8

seeks data to reduce suspicion of unlikely hypotheses (rule out)

Question 9

The confirmation strategy…

Answer 9

seeks data to support a highly likely hypotheses (rule in)

Question 10

The discrimination strategy…

Answer 10

seeks data to discriminate between likely hypotheses