?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=The+learning+process+in+the+epistemology+of+medical+information.&rft.creator=Clancey%2C+William+J.&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Artificial+Intelligence&rft.subject=Epistemology&rft.description=Progress+in+the+past+few+decades+in+representing+medical+knowledge%2C+along+with+the+availability+of+low-cost%2C+powerful+workstation+computers%2C+has+increased+interest+in+encoding+all+medical+records+in+electronic+form.+But+despite+the+advantages+of+legibility%2C+access%2C+and+automated+performance+reviews%2C+computerization+may+also+restrict+what+can+be+recorded+and+rigidify+health+care+interactions+with+patients.+Balancing+the+beneficial+and+negative+effects+requires+an+understanding+of+medical+practice%2C+especially+the+difference+between+human+knowledge+and+today's+computer+programs.+Human+perceptual+and+conceptual+capabilities+bring+an+aspect+of+improvisation+and+reinterpretation+to+every+human+action%2C+which+in+general+computers+today+cannot+replicate.+Designers+of+medical+record+systems+must+consider+the+creative+process+by+which+descriptions+are+generated+by+people%2C+as+well+as+the+collaborative+process+by+which+descriptions+of+past+work+are+reinterpreted+for+guiding+future+decisions.+This+paper+provides+a+framework+for+understanding+these+issues%2C+illustrated+by+design+opportunities.&rft.date=1995&rft.type=Journal+(Paginated)&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F311%2F1%2F136.htm&rft.identifier=++Clancey%2C+William+J.++(1995)+The+learning+process+in+the+epistemology+of+medical+information.++%5BJournal+(Paginated)%5D+++++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F311%2F