In medical school, many doctors learn the saying, “When you hear hoof beats, think horses, not zebras.” Most physicians are taught to focus on the likeliest pos

In medical school, many doctors learn the saying, “When you hear hoof beats, think horses, not zebras.” Most physicians are taught to focus on the likeliest possibilities when making a diagnosis, not the unusual ones. However, it seems that some physicians oversimplify diagnosis so that _only_ the likeliest scenarios are considered. It's also an opportunity for subjective biases to influence an individual doctors definition of "likely." E.g. Trans broken-arm syndrome https://en.everybodywiki.com/Trans_Broken_Arm_Syndrome https://en.everybodywiki.com/Trans_Broken_Arm_Syndrome