Physicians are excellent at floccinaucinihilipilification. What is that?

Physicians are excellent at floccinaucinihilipilification, which is seeing something as unimportant or worthless.  We engage in floccinaucinihilipilification every time we see a patient. We listen to their story and symptoms, and quickly filter, accept, or discard information until we arrive at our presumed diagnosis. The 18-second rule In 1984, Beckman and Frankel wrote in the Annals of […]

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