Diagnosing virtual patients: the interplay between knowledge and diagnostic activities.

ABSTRACT: Clinical reasoning theories agree that knowledge and the diagnostic process are associated with diagnostic success. However, the exact contributions of these components of clinical reasoning to diagnostic success remain unclear. This is particularly the case when operationalizing the diagnostic process with diagnostic activities (i.e., teachable practices that generate knowledge). Therefore, we conducted a study investigating to what extent knowledge and diagnostic activities uniquely explain variance in diagnostic success with virtual patients among medical students. The sample consisted of N = 106 medical students in their third to fifth year of university studies in Germany (6-years curriculum). Participants completed professional knowledge tests before diagnosing virtual patients. Diag

SUBMITTER: Fink MC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10099021 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature