A difficult patient and a complicated diagnosis: gnoseological and didactic issues

Abstract

The ability and skills of clinical diagnostics are formed not only during training at a medical school, but subsequently in the clinical practice of each physician. During the process of education, there are often cases of contradictions, didactic errors in methods of presenting information, and difficulties in students acquiring knowledge, skills and abilities. The article discusses the reasons leading to the formation of the concepts of «difficult patient» and «complicated diagnosis» among dermatologists. The philosophical and psychological categories of a physician’s work are discussed, as well as possible problems of introducing artificial intelligence into the practical work of a physician.