Data Collection

• Historical data and findings
• Laboratory information
• Imaging
• Special tests

What's logical? Learning issues?

Hypothesis Testing

• Learning issues
• Observation
• Laboratory tests, imaging, special diagnostic tests
• Repeat/expand physical exam

What if? Questions? Possibilities?

Hypothesis Setting

• Possibilities
• Pattern recognition
• Inferences
• Questions
• Hunches

What's Important? What next?

Action or Inaction

• The next step
• More data? If so, what kind?
• Prioritize and work on learning issues before next session
• Solve the problem