Can clinical case discussions foster clinical reasoning skills in undergraduate medical education? A randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVE:Fostering clinical reasoning is a mainstay of medical education. Based on the clinicopathological conferences, we propose a case-based peer teaching approach called clinical case discussions (CCDs) to promote the respective skills in medical students. This study compares the effectiveness of different CCD formats with varying degrees of social interaction in fostering clinical reasoning. DESIGN, SETTING, PARTICIPANTS:A single-centre randomised controlled trial with a parallel design was conducted at a German university. Study participants (N=106) were stratified and tested regarding their clinical reasoning skills right after CCD participation and 2 weeks later. INTERVENTION:Participants worked within a live discussion group (Live-CCD), a group watching recordings of the live dis

SUBMITTER: Weidenbusch M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6731854 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature