Physician Demonstrates Clinical Reasoning Versus AI Agent

Gurpreet Dhaliwal, a UCSF professor and noted diagnostician, demonstrates stepwise clinical reasoning at the Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine’s 2022 meeting and in a clinicopathological conference last fall against an AI agent called Dr. CaBot. The article reviews research linking diagnostic errors to cognitive biases and describes Dhaliwal’s practice of tracking patient outcomes and deliberate reflection. The piece highlights practical steps to reduce errors and improve diagnostic judgment.