Work Domain Analysis Applied to Medical Diagnosis
2014 ◽
Vol 3
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pp. 157-161
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Few studies have described the cognitive components that characterize the diagnostic process. This article illustrates the use of work domain analysis to create a functional depiction of diagnosis. The resulting abstraction-decomposition space clarifies the medical diagnostician’s work domain and provides a glimpse into the fundamental cognitive features of diagnosis. To facilitate comprehension of the abstraction-decomposition space’s portrayal of diagnosis, features of a generalized depiction of diagnosis and the abstraction-decomposition space were graphically coded to communicate areas of similarity. Limitations, suggestions for future work, and future applications of this work to reduce diagnostic error are provided.
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2011 ◽
Vol 12
(1)
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pp. 1-14
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2002 ◽
Vol 56
(6)
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pp. 597-637
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