title: [Description of clinical thinking by the dual-process theory].
abstract: Clinical thinking is a very complex process that can be described by the dual-process theory, it has an intuitive part (that recognizes patterns) and an analytical part (that tests hypotheses). It is vulnerable to cognitive bias that professionals must be aware of, to minimize diagnostic errors.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Oftalmología, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile. luispenagarcia@gmail.com
authors.forename: Luis
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Peña G
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003071:Cognition; D003657:Decision Making; D003951:Diagnostic Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D007600:Judgment; D011582:Psychological Theory; D013850:Thinking