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It's the destination: diagnostic accuracy and reasoning.

Sandra D Monteiro1,2, Jonathan Sherbino3,4, Henk Schmidt5,6

  • 1Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton, ON, L8S 4L8, Canada. monteisd@mcmaster.ca.

Advances in Health Sciences Education : Theory and Practice
|July 24, 2019
PubMed
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Assessing diagnostic competence can be improved by focusing on the accuracy of diagnoses rather than the reasoning process. This outcome-based approach allows for more cases to be evaluated, enhancing reliability in clinical reasoning assessments.

Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Clinical Reasoning Assessment
  • Diagnostic Competence

Background:

  • Current diagnostic competence assessments are time-intensive, limiting case evaluation.
  • Existing methods often focus on diagnostic reasoning processes, not outcomes.
  • There is a need for reliable and efficient methods to assess diagnostic competence.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the reliability and feasibility of outcome-based assessments for diagnostic competence.
  • To compare the efficiency of outcome-based versus process-based diagnostic reasoning assessments.
  • To provide evidence supporting the implementation of diagnostic accuracy measures.

Main Methods:

  • Retrospective analysis of 7 large studies involving over 600 clinicians.
Keywords:
AssessmentDiagnostic reasoningReliabilityWritten cases

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  • Utilized brief written cases to assess diagnostic outcomes (accuracy).
  • Analyzed reliability data from speeded and unspeeded tests.

    • Main Results:

    • Reliability for 2-hour tests ranged from .63 to .94, with speeded tests being more reliable (.85 vs. .73).
    • Achieving a reliability of .75 required approximately 1.11 hours for speeded tests and 1.99 hours for unspeeded tests.
    • Outcome-based measures positively correlated with written knowledge and problem-solving tests.

    Conclusions:

    • Outcome-based assessment of diagnostic accuracy is a reliable measure of diagnostic competence.
    • This approach allows for increased case sampling and efficient assessment.
    • Evidence supports the implementation of outcome-based assessments in clinical reasoning training.