The phrase "formulate a diagnosis" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you need to explain or describe the process of arriving at a medical diagnosis. For example, you could use the phrase "The doctor used a clinical evaluation to formulate a diagnosis."
(N24) Diagnosis …to formulate a diagnosis or differential diagnosis can be problematic… (M13) I think we didn't understand all the diagnoses.
Pattern recognition of symptoms and signs is a fundamental aspect of how clinicians formulate a diagnosis.
Driven by a response to single cues they also showed a reluctance to formulate a diagnosis based on inductive and deductive reasoning cycles.
Their roles are strictly defined by the Regulatory Body, the General Dental Council and they are not permitted to undertake an examination in order to formulate a diagnosis and treatment plan [ 13].
Many countries have already implemented these models and have defined an "advanced practice" or extended scope role for physiotherapists in which they formulate a diagnosis, triage potential surgical candidates, order imaging or laboratory tests and prescribe medication for patients with musculoskeletal disorders [ 11].
One interviewee explained that: "Health technologies are of great importance when physicians are unable to formulate a diagnosis based on physical examination, for example, when an affected organ does not have any pain receptors that could signal the pain, or when the affected organ is not directly accessible to physicians" (Int #7).
The process of formulating a diagnosis is called clinical decision making.
In patients with a first seizure, the identification of early sensitive and specific biomarkers for formulating a diagnosis of epilepsy is fundamental.
Although contradictory to the perceived image of a clinician always looking for differential diagnosis, this heuristic seems to provide an economical way of formulating a diagnosis or therapeutic plan.
Currently, knowledge of a specific mutation may not provide guidance in formulating a diagnosis or determining a prognosis.
The authors of this review understand "history-taking" as a way of eliciting relevant personal, psychosocial and symptom information from a patient with the aim of obtaining information useful in formulating a diagnosis and providing medical care to the patient.
