Clinical vignette-based interactive discussion sessions: feedback from residents.

Area of Science:

• Medical Education
• Internal Medicine Training

Background:

• Clinical vignettes are valuable teaching tools for both clinical and basic sciences.
• Interactive discussion sessions using clinical vignettes were implemented for internal medicine residents.
• The aim was to bridge residents' learning with practical clinical settings.

Purpose of the Study:

• To assess participant feedback on clinical vignette-based interactive discussion sessions.
• To evaluate the perceived effectiveness of these sessions in enhancing clinical skills.

Main Methods:

• Sessions were held five days a week for 45-60 minutes between January and February 2019.
• Internal medicine clinical vignettes were sourced online, with questions and discussions updated using current literature.
• Feedback was collected via a validated semi-structured questionnaire from eleven participating residents.

Main Results:

• Residents rated usefulness (9.45±1.04), content (9.27±0.90), relevance (9.18±1.08), and facilitation (9.27±1.10) highly.
• Strengths included improved differential diagnosis, management skills, understanding, and critical thinking.
• All residents advocated for continuing the sessions, with most suggesting alternate-day scheduling.

Conclusions:

• This learning method facilitates logical and systematic clinical outcome development, applicable to real-world practice.
• The approach effectively enhances residents' cognitive abilities, including critical thinking and problem-solving capacity.