Clinical Reasoning: an important tool for learning and teaching in Health Sciences

Abstract

Clinical reasoning is the ability to identify and analyze a series of patient semiological and analytical data to assign, with the greatest possible safety, a diagnostic categorization and develop a pertinent therapeutic strategy. Clinical reasoning reflects, then, the process of thought and analysis that the professional uses to solve and manage a clinical problem. For this reason, reasoning is considered the fundamental pillar of clinical practice, being a main determinant of the evaluation of professional competence by international accreditation bodies.