The Diagnostician Institute
Applied clinical informatics taught the way medicine is taught: at the bedside, by case, with graduated responsibility. Built on the clinical method of The Diagnostician, for physicians, nurses and informaticists who want to lead.
Short video lectures · slide decks you can teach from · workbooks and templates · live case conferences · a capstone on your own organization
Program details for members and by requestFrom rounds to attending
Each step asks more of the learner, and brings more of me. Track details, the curriculum and schedules are shared with members and on request.
The Institute borrows the language of clinical training. It is not an ACGME program, and no board certification, CME or academic credit is offered unless and until a program is accredited for it.
Learn alongside the work
Mentees study the method while they practice it, with the Institute library behind them.
Learn the method
Nurses, pharmacists, analysts and physicians who want the whole chart, not only the build.
Partner with us
Fellowships, universities and professional societies can license units or co-host a cohort.
Discuss a partnership →Rounds with The Diagnostician
One case a month, worked through the clinical method: the chief complaint, the vital signs, the differential, the written diagnosis and the follow-up. Free. Each case comes with the Exam Room tool that matches it. Sign up to receive each case by email.
The Diagnostician Residency
A 10-unit cohort for physicians and informaticists moving into informatics leadership.
Ten weeks, one unit a week, each built on chapters of The Diagnostician: the chief complaint and the history, the vital signs of an operating system, the business case, reading the EHR, data lineage, technology-related harm, decision rights, the CMIO role, the working diagnosis and the therapeutic armory, and a capstone: a written diagnosis of your own organization.
Live case conferences with Thomas Powell, MD MS, every week. It is supplemental professional education, not an accredited program, and it carries no CME credit unless stated. The first cohort runs in spring 2027 if enough people join. Founding-cohort members receive the founding price.
The Institute library
Enrolled learners sign in to the course library: videos, decks, workbooks and recordings.
Request the details
Tell me which track interests you and I'll send the curriculum, schedule and fees, or set up a call.