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Writing from the Gestalt team on clinical reasoning, medical education, and what it takes to train the doctors of the future.

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Clinical reasoning June 2, 2026

What clinical reasoning is - and why it's the hardest part of medical school to teach

Recall is what you know. Clinical reasoning is what you do with it when the data is incomplete and a patient is in front of you - and it's the part of medical school that's hardest to teach at scale.

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Clinical reasoning May 27, 2026

Why the world is training more doctors - and where that could go wrong

More medical students than at any point in history. The next risk isn't a doctor shortage. It's a skills shortage.

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