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Yvonne N Covin1, Neda Wick2, Palma J Longo3
1Department of Internal Medicine, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX USA.
Abstract:
Medical student educators have limited tools for standardized clinical reasoning assessment. The clinical reasoning task (CRT) checklist has been shown to identify specific tasks in the diagnostic process among residents and faculty. Authors assessed a novel student think aloud protocol strategy, the CRT, compared with the validated clinical data interpretation (CDI) test in six third-year medical students. The CRT was scored by two independent reviewers (kappa = 0.88). CRT and CDI scores were strongly positively correlated (r = 0.768, p = 0.074, df = 4). CRT provides both a global assessment of clinical reasoning and specific clinical reasoning deficits.
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