Quantify difference between physicians and medical students in clinical reasoning: evidence from eye-tracking.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The assessment of clinical reasoning in health trainees is vital yet poses challenges. We tracked the eye movements of participants while they were reviewing a neurological case with the goal of finding behavioral evidence to improve health education.

Methods

Eleven medical students and seventeen expert physicians were required to read a neurological case within a 150-second timeframe. The case included descriptive text, a brain CT scan, and an electrocardiogram (ECG). Participants completed a multiple-choice questions (MCQs) test after reading the case. Eye movements of participants in case reading on eleven patient-related information areas (PRIAs) were compared between experts and novices, contrasted with the remaining areas.

Results

Experts spent signif

SUBMITTER: Sun L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12001669 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature