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1Department of Diagnostic and Generalist Medicine, Dokkyo Medical University, Tochigi 321-0297, Japan.
International Journal of General Medicine
|October 22, 2019
Summary
Physicians can enhance diagnostic skills through reflection. This involves reflecting in, on, and for action to improve medical expertise by linking knowledge and experience.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Clinical Diagnostics
Background:
- Physician diagnostic competence is crucial for patient care.
- Continuous medical education (CME) aims to maintain and enhance physician expertise.
- Reflection is a recognized method for improving diagnostic skills.
Purpose of the Study:
- To explore the role of reflection in maintaining and enhancing physician diagnostic expertise.
- To highlight specific types of reflection beneficial for diagnostic skill remediation.
Main Methods:
- Review of past reports on reflection in medical education.
- Identification and categorization of reflection types: reflection in action, reflection on action, and reflection for action.
Main Results:
- Reflection in action, on action, and for action are evidenced-based methods.
- These reflective practices enable physicians to integrate foundational and interdisciplinary knowledge with experience.
Conclusions:
- Implementing reflection in action, on action, and for action can significantly enhance physician diagnostic expertise.
- Reflective practices foster mastery in clinical diagnosis by strengthening the connection between knowledge, experience, and practice.
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