Making sense of clinical reasoning: judgement and the evidence of the senses

Abstract

We equate 'aesthetics' with 'sensibility' and describe clinical expertise as 'connoisseurship' of informational images. Such connoisseurship, a particular form of knowing, can, in turn, be defined as an aesthetic sensibility informing practice artistry. It can be articulated and analysed to provide a basis for educational enhancement. Connoisseurship is not a technical-rational procedure but is inherently paradoxical and such paradox may be valued as an educational resource, rather than seen as a hindrance.