A clinical reasoning curriculum for medical students: an interim analysis.

Denise M. Connor; Sirisha Narayana; Gurpreet Dhaliwal

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A clinical reasoning curriculum for medical students: an interim analysis.

June 22, 2022

Connor DM, Narayana S, Dhaliwal G. Diagnosis (Berl). 2022;9(2):265-273.

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Teaching clinical reasoning to medical students is a key strategy for reducing diagnostic errors. This paper describes a new longitudinal clinical reasoning curriculum taught in a US medical school’s first and second year of medical training. Students reported high self-efficacy after completing the curriculum; however, a competency audit revealed room for improvement in including system-related aspects of care.

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