{"pk":30569,"title":"Problem Representation and Hypothesis Generation in Diagnostic Reasoning","subtitle":null,"abstract":"In this paper we examine the role of domain knowledge in the process of hypothesis generation and problem representation during diagnostic reasoning. An on-line task environment and the combination of discourse and protocol analysis techniques were used to test the differences between two groups of experts solving a clinical problem. The groups consisted of high domain knowledgesubjects (HDK) -endocrinologists- and low domain-knowledge (LDK) subjects cardiologists-. TTie results show that HDK subjects used a more efficient process of diagnostic reasoning as generated a more coherent representation of the problem. A two-stage model describing the process of hypothesis generation was proposed to explain the differences in theprocess of hypothesis generation.","language":"eng","license":{"name":"","short_name":"","text":null,"url":""},"keywords":[],"section":"Problem Solving II","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/95571600","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Guy-Marie","middle_name":"","last_name":"Joseph","name_suffix":"","institution":"McGill University","department":""},{"first_name":"Vimla","middle_name":"L.","last_name":"Patel","name_suffix":"","institution":"McGill University","department":""}],"date_submitted":null,"date_accepted":null,"date_published":"1987-01-01T18:00:00Z","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/cognitivesciencesociety/article/30569/galley/20418/download/"}]}