Clinical Problem Analysis (CPA)
- 1 March 2000
- journal article
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in Academic Medicine
- Vol. 75 (3), 291-297
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00001888-200003000-00024
Abstract
The authors describe and discuss clinical problem analysis (CPA), an approach to solving complex clinical problems. They outline the five steps of the CPA model and the essential elements of each step. Next, they discuss the value of CPA's content-independent (methodical) approach and argue that teaching students to use CPA will enable them to avoid some common diagnostic reasoning errors and pitfalls. Finally, they compare CPA with two existing approaches to clinical problem solving.Keywords
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