From principles to practice: embedding clinical reasoning as a longitudinal curriculum theme in a medical school programme.
Singh M, Collins L, Farrington R, et al. From principles to practice: embedding clinical reasoning as a longitudinal curriculum theme in a medical school programme. Diagnosis (Berl). 2022;9(2):184-194. doi:10.1515/dx-2021-0031.
Clinical reasoning is an essential component of diagnostic safety. This paper describes the development of a new curriculum to improve clinical reasoning skills and processes in medical students. The curriculum uses several educational strategies (e.g., classroom teaching, simulation training, patient encounters) during pre-clerkship and clerkship to improve clinical reasoning skills across several domains (theory, patient assessment, diagnosis, and shared decision-making).