The matrix of medicine is a web-based training and education platform for developing clinical reasoning.

Welcome to the Matrix

The Clinical Encounter: How to See Patients

1. Representing the problem: the history
2. Further defining problems through a hypothesis driven physical examination
3. Considering the possible causes of the problem: formulating a differential diagnosis
4. Exploring possible causes of the problem: diagnostic testing
5. Diagnosis: determining the cause and nature of the problem (or not)
6. The plan: developing a plan to manage the condition underlying the problem

Illness Script Diagrams for Common and Important Conditions

Diagnostic framework for problems

Organ-system framework for conditions