Thinking & Mental models

Alternative names for mental models 

• Scripts - illness, disease

• Models 

• Schemas 

• beliefs

• Assumptions

• Inferences

• Perspectives

• world views

• idea

• construct

• principle

• concept

• Rules

• Formulas and Equations

• Symbols 

• Words as models 

https://www.bmj.com/content/376/bmj-2021-068044.full

Through education and experience, clinicians form illness scripts that encapsulate their knowledge of specific conditions (such as osteoarthritis) and develop diagnostic schemas that structure their approach to a specific health problem (such as knee pain).