Diagnostic synthesis, hypothesis testing, and the intellectual discipline of prescribing.
Prescribing is an intellectual synthesis requiring qualitative discrimination. The clinician must separate pathognomonic symptoms of the disease from the rare, striking, and peculiar symptoms of the individual person.
“Never prescribe on a diagnostic name. Prescribe on the idiosyncratic characteristics that distinguish this patient from everyone else with the same condition.”
Stage 3 of the ROHIT Framework: Synthesizing the Coherent Picture
Stage 4 of the ROHIT Framework: The Characteristic Distinction
The Discipline of the Similimum and the Pitfalls of Polypharmacy
An in-depth explanation of the five disciplines: Recognise, Observe, Holistic Integration, Individualise, and Treat and Track.
