Introducing second-year medical students to diagnostic reasoning concepts and skills via a virtual curriculum.

Chelsea Chang; Nevin Varghese; Michael Machiorlatti

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Introducing second-year medical students to diagnostic reasoning concepts and skills via a virtual curriculum.

June 28, 2023

Chang C, Varghese N, Machiorlatti M. Diagnosis (Berl). 2023;10(2):105-109.

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Clerkship directors indicate clinical and diagnostic reasoning education should be included in medical school curricula, but up to half of programs do not offer it. This article describes the development, implementation, and evaluation of a diagnostic reasoning virtual training for pre-clinical medical students. Students reported increased confidence and understanding of diagnostic reasoning.

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