Frameworks / The Shrink Diagnostic Pause
Shrink Framework
The Shrink Diagnostic Pause
A Shrink Framework, a model that ties these 4 concepts into one way of understanding a problem. Each concept links to its full page in the Atlas.
Premature Diagnostic Closure
Premature diagnostic closure is stopping the diagnostic search too soon. ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
Search Satisficing
Finding one explanation can make us stop searching for better ones.
Diagnostic Overshadowing
One diagnosis should never prevent clinicians from recognizing another.
Diagnostic Time-Out
A brief pause can prevent a long-lasting diagnostic error.