Pattern recognition

• Pattern recognition:

  • Knowledge stored in our memory in chunks or patterns that facilitate more efficient communication and thinking
• Pattern recognition:

  • Form prototypes of frequently experienced situations that individuals use to recognize and interpret other situations
• Pattern recognition:

  • Novices who lack sufficient knowledge and experience to recognize clinical patterns will rely on the slower hypothesis testing approach to work through a problem
• Pattern recognition:

  • When confronted with a complex unfamiliar problem, the expert, like the novice, will rely more on the hypothesis oriented method of clinical reasoning