Assessing clinical reasoning: targeting the higher levels of the pyramid. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

Assessing clinical reasoning: targeting the higher levels of the pyramid. | AHRQ Patient Safety Network

• Commentary
 
• Published August 2019

Assessing clinical reasoning: targeting the higher levels of the pyramid.

Thampy H, Willert E, Ramani S. J Gen Intern Med. 2019;34:1631-1636.

Effective decision-making relies on practice and knowledge gained over time. This commentary describes the analytic and nonanalytic forms of decision-making and introduces tools for teachers to examine these skill levels in learners to assist in developing reasoning skills for clinical practice.

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