Diagnostic Reasoning in Internal Medicine. Cynefin Framework Makes Sense of Clinical Complexity

The Cynefin framework: putting complexity into perspective

Cynefin (pronounced cun-ev-in) 'is a Welsh word with no direct equivalent in English. As a noun it is translated as habitat, as an adjective acquainted or familiar. More poetically, it describes "that relationship: the place of your birth and of your upbringing, the environment in which you live and to which you are naturally acclimatised.' Cognitive Edge 2006).

Making Sense of IS with the Cynefin Framework

This paper examines aspects of the field of Information Systems (IS) concerned with its diversity and with the rapid changes within the discipline that have been incurred by the continued evolution of the IS artefact. This examination is done in order to establish the suitability of the Cynefin framework, developed for knowledge management, as a suitable tool for sense-making in IS. A descripti...

Common Sense Reasoning in Diagnostic Systems

Medicine of complexity: the modern internal medicine.

Complexity bears its methodological and doctrinal contribution to the general health and medical assistance management, as well as to the clinical context and medical training. Internal Medicine possesses the cultural and methodological tools to confront the challenge of complexity which modern medicine. The science of complexity has suggested an alternative model in which the disease as well a...

Cognitive diagnostic error in internal medicine.

Medical error poses an important healthcare burden and a challenge for physicians and policy makers worldwide. Diagnostic error accounts for a substantial fraction of all medical mistakes. Most diagnostic errors have been associated with flaws in clinical reasoning. Empirical evidence on the cognitive mechanisms underlying such flaws and effectiveness of strategies to counteract them is scarce....