title: Vertical versus lateral thinking.
abstract: Traditional medical training may actually impede a physician's ability to solve complex problems because it is based on vertical, linear and traditional thinking.
authors.affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. hernandez.james@mayo.edu
authors.forename: James S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Hernandez
authors.forename: Prathibha
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Varkey
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D008486:Physician Executives / Q000523:psychology*; D011340:Problem Solving; D013850:Thinking; D014481:United States