Think Like a Doctor: Presentation, Pathophysiology, and Natural History Explained

Purchase our textbook

https://www.amazon.com/clinical-patho...

Volume 2: https://www.amazon.com/clinical-patho...

We’re building out our learning community—subscribe to stay up to date and learn how to think like a doctor. In this video, I break down what it really means to approach clinical medicine the way physicians do. Medical exams no longer reward memorization alone—they test your ability to apply knowledge in patient care. I’ll walk you through how to organize every disease by presentation, pathophysiology, and natural history, using real examples like aortic stenosis, congestive heart failure, and atrial fibrillation. You’ll learn how to transition from learning facts to thinking clinically, improve your diagnostic reasoning, and retain material more effectively for the long term.

Follow us:

Instagram:   / drphiliptisdall  
Facebook:   / drphiliptisdall  
TikTok:   / drphiliptisdall  

Chapters:
00:00 – Why memorization isn’t enough
01:30 – From diagnosis to presentation-pathophysiology-natural history
02:00 – Differential diagnosis: heart vs. lung in shortness of breath
03:00 – Example: aortic stenosis step-by-step reasoning
05:00 – What “natural history” means and why it matters
07:00 – Linking pathophysiology to presentation and prognosis
09:40 – Directed history and physical exam explained
11:00 – How prognosis drives treatment
12:30 – Understanding complications in disease progression
13:45 – The universal framework: diagnosis, treatment, and pathophysiology

#MedicalEducation #USMLE #COMLEX #MedicalSchool #DrPhilipTisdall #ClinicalReasoning #Pathophysiology #StudyMedicine #MedStudent #ThinkLikeADoctor