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The Clinical Reasoning Mapping Exercise (CResME): a new tool for exploring clinical reasoning.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

National organizations have identified a need for the creation of novel approaches to teach clinical reasoning throughout medical education. The aim of this project was to develop, implement and evaluate a novel clinical reasoning mapping exercise (CResME).

Methods

Participants included a convenience sample of first and second year medical students at two US medical schools: University of Central Florida (UCF) and Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUHS). The authors describe the creation and implementation of the CResME. The CResME uses clinical information for multiple disease entities as nodes in different domains (history, physical exam, imaging, laboratory results, etc.), requiring learners to connect these nodes of information in an accurate and meaningful way to develop diagnostic and/or management plans in the process.

Results

The majority of medical students at both institutions felt that the CResME promoted their understanding of the differential diagnosis and was a valuable tool to compare and contrast elements of a differential diagnosis. Students at both institutions recommended using the CResME for future sessions.

Discussion

The CResME is a promising tool to foster students' clinical reasoning early in medical school. Research is needed on the implementation of the CResME as an instructional and assessment strategy for clinical reasoning throughout medical school training.

SUBMITTER: Torre DM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6382623 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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The Clinical Reasoning Mapping Exercise (CResME): a new tool for exploring clinical reasoning.

Torre Dario M DM Hernandez Caridad A CA Castiglioni Analia A Durning Steven J SJ Daley Barbara J BJ Hemmer Paul A PA LaRochelle Jeffrey J

Perspectives on medical education 20190201 1

<h4>Introduction</h4>National organizations have identified a need for the creation of novel approaches to teach clinical reasoning throughout medical education. The aim of this project was to develop, implement and evaluate a novel clinical reasoning mapping exercise (CResME).<h4>Methods</h4>Participants included a convenience sample of first and second year medical students at two US medical schools: University of Central Florida (UCF) and Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences (USUH ...[more]

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Project description:IntroductionClinical reasoning (CR) is a complex skill enabling transition from clinical novice to expert decision maker. The Objective Structured Clinical Examination (OSCE) is widely used to evaluate clinical competency, though there is limited literature exploring how this assessment is best used to assess CR skills. This proof-of-concept study explored the creation and pilot testing of a post-station CR assessment, named Oral Debrief (OD), in the context of undergraduate medical education.MethodsA modified-Delphi technique was used to create a standardised domain-based OD marking rubric encapsulating the key skills of CR that drew upon existing literature and our existing placement-based CR tool. 16 OSCE examiners were recruited to score three simulated OD recordings that were scripted to portray differing levels of competency. Adopting a think-aloud approach, examiners vocalised their thought processes while utilising the rubric to assess each video. Thereafter, semi-structured interviews explored examiners' views on the OD approach. Recordings were transcribed, anonymised and analysed deductively and inductively for recurring themes. Additionally, inter-rater agreement of examiners' scoring was determined using the Fleiss Kappa statistic both within group and in comparison to a reference examiner group.ResultsThe rubric achieved fair to good levels of inter-rater reliability metrics across its constituent domains and overall global judgement scales. Think-aloud scoring revealed that participating examiners considered several factors when scoring students' CR abilities. This included the adoption of a confident structured approach, discriminating between relevant and less-relevant information, and the ability to prioritise and justify decision making. Furthermore, students' CR skills were judged in light of potential risks to patient safety and examiners' own illness scripts. Feedback from examiners indicated that whilst additional training in rubric usage would be beneficial, OD offered a positive approach for examining CR ability.ConclusionThis pilot study has demonstrated promising results for the use of a novel post-station OD task to evaluate medical students' CR ability in the OSCE setting. Further work is now planned to evaluate how the OD approach can most effectively be implemented into routine assessment practice.

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The Clinical Reasoning Mapping Exercise (CResME): a new tool for exploring clinical reasoning.

Introduction

Methods

Results

Discussion

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The Clinical Reasoning Mapping Exercise (CResME): a new tool for exploring clinical reasoning.

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