Teaching and learning clinical reasoning skill in undergraduate medical students: A scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Clinical reasoning involves the application of knowledge and skills to collect and integrate information, typically to arrive at a diagnosis, implement appropriate interventions, solve clinical problems, and improve the quality of health care and patient outcomes. It is a vital competency that medical students must acquire, as it is considered the heart of medicine.

Purpose

This scoping review aimed to identify and summarize the existing literature on learning and teaching strategies for improving clinical reasoning skill in undergraduate medical education.

Methods

We conducted electronic searches in Scopus, PubMed/Medline (NLM), Web of Science (WOS), and ERIC to retrieve articles published between January 1, 2010, and March 23, 2024. We also performed hand

SUBMITTER: Delavari S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11482728 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature