Inside the Clinical Mind
Where medicine, technology, and clinical thinking come together.
From challenging clinical cases and medical research to physician leaderboards and AI in medicine, we explore the ideas shaping how physicians learn, think, and practice.
The next time a case doesn't fit the pattern, that is the moment to slow down.
Where expert reasoning in neurology predictably breaks down
Why clinical reasoning matters so much in neurology
Strokes that present with dizziness are missed about 39% of the time, against about 4% when the patient presents with weakness. Most serious neurological errors come from how information is interpreted, not from a lack of tests.
Was the decision supported by the evidence, the patient's condition and the patient's goals, and can we see that in the record?
The question every cancer service should be able to answer
Guideline concordance can hide poor cancer care
A concordance dashboard records careful de-escalation and age-based undertreatment as the same event. Why oncology leaders should audit the reasoning behind treatment decisions, not only whether the pathway was followed.
Knowing the recommendation matters. Knowing how to use it for the patient in front of you matters just as much.
Why applying a guideline is a separate skill from knowing it
Applying oncology guidelines to individual patients
Oncologists know the guidelines. The harder skill is judging whether a recommendation fits the patient in front of you, and how case-based CME builds it.
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