Re-defining 'clinical reasoning'

Isaac Ks Ng^{1

2}, Li Feng Tan^{2

3}, Desmond B Teo^{2

4

5}, Sarah Hf Lim⁶, Chia Meng Teoh^{2

7}

Affiliations

¹ Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.
² Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
³ Department of Healthy Ageing, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore.
⁴ Fast and Chronic Programme, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore.
⁵ Division of Advanced Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.
⁶ Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy, Singapore Management University, Singapore.
⁷ Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.

Editorial

Isaac Ks Ng et al. Intern Med J. 2025 Aug.

. 2025 Aug;55(8):1228-1231.

doi: 10.1111/imj.70104. Epub 2025 Jul 1.

Isaac Ks Ng^{1

2}, Li Feng Tan^{2

3}, Desmond B Teo^{2

4

5}, Sarah Hf Lim⁶, Chia Meng Teoh^{2

7}

¹ Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.
² Department of Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore.
³ Department of Healthy Ageing, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore.
⁴ Fast and Chronic Programme, Alexandra Hospital, Singapore.
⁵ Division of Advanced Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.
⁶ Singapore International Dispute Resolution Academy, Singapore Management University, Singapore.
⁷ Division of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, National University Hospital, Singapore.

No abstract available

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