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Teaching and learning clinical reasoning: a teacher's toolbox to meet different learning needs
Nathalie Gagnon1, Carolle Bernier1, Sylvie Houde2
1Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada.
This article offers practical tools for clinical teachers to enhance medical learners' clinical reasoning skills. It introduces three specific techniques to aid in teaching and diagnosing reasoning difficulties.
Area of Science:
- Medical Education
- Clinical Reasoning
- Healthcare Professional Development
Background:
- Clinical reasoning is crucial for medical practice but challenging to teach effectively.
- Learners' needs evolve during clerkship, requiring adaptable teaching strategies.
- Clinical teachers require diverse tools to support and diagnose reasoning development.
Purpose of the Study:
- To present a toolbox of resources for teaching clinical reasoning.
- To provide strategies for diagnosing and addressing learners' clinical reasoning challenges.
- To support clinical teachers in meeting diverse learner needs.
Main Methods:
- Focuses on three tools developed at the University of Sherbrooke Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences.
- Includes the iSNAPPS-OMP Technique, Anticipatory Supervision Technique, and Clinical Sudoku.
- Defines 'tools' broadly as resources, techniques, and strategies for teaching clinical reasoning.
Main Results:
- Presents a curated collection of resources for clinical teachers.
- Offers specific techniques to foster clinical reasoning development in learners.
- Aids teachers in identifying and managing learning difficulties.
Conclusions:
- Effective clinical reasoning teaching requires a variety of adaptable tools.
- The presented techniques offer practical solutions for common teaching challenges.
- These resources support both learner progression and teacher effectiveness in clinical education.
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