You Keep Using the Word Diagnosis. I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means.

Course overview

What do you picture in your head when you hear the term "diagnosis" or "diagnostic testing"? Most people imagine a test revealing, for the first time, the answer to a confusing set of symptoms. But diagnosis is better thought of not as a one-time event, but as an iterative, continuous process by which information is gathered and incorporated into medical decisions. In other words, it's less about individual test results and more about how we process and integrate those results. This becomes even more critical as we enter the artificial intelligence (AI) era, where software algorithms play a growing role in diagnosis. This presentation will take a critical look at the relationship between medical science and diagnostic testing, and how we can preserve that linkage in the setting of complex diagnostic algorithms.