In the present age of evidence-based medicine, the value of intuition in medical practice is often under-rated. It is frequently regarded with indifference, if not contempt. However, an experienced physician understands the importance of an intuitive approach to the patient and the patient’s problem. True clinical intuition is not a blind guess—it is a refined judgment developed through years of knowledge, observation, and experience.
What is Medical Intuition? From a medical standpoint, intuition can be considered the inner perception regarding the nature of a disease or its management. It is based on past knowledge and clinical experience, much of which may have been acquired in the recent or distant past without conscious awareness of when or how it was learned. The process of acquiring medical knowledge ranges from purely logical, evidence-based methods to intuitive understanding…