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Area of Science:

  • Medical Education
  • Clinical Reasoning
  • Physician Assistant Studies

Background:

  • Differential diagnosis is a core competency for healthcare professionals.
  • Assessing and benchmarking this skill in physician assistant (PA) students is crucial for training.
  • Comparing student performance to experienced clinicians provides valuable insights.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To establish benchmarks for differential diagnosis competency in PA students.
  • To compare the differential diagnosis skills of PA students across different training years.
  • To evaluate these skills against those of experienced clinicians.

Main Methods:

  • A cross-sectional survey design was employed.
  • Participants included three cohorts of PA students (PAS-1, PAS-2, PAS-3) and experienced clinicians.
  • Clinical vignettes were used to assess top slot diagnosis, differential concordance, emergent diagnoses, organ system consideration, list length, and completion time.

Main Results:

  • Second-year (PAS-2) and third-year (PAS-3) students demonstrated improved diagnostic accuracy and concordance compared to first-year (PAS-1) students.
  • Student diagnostic lists expanded in breadth, including more emergent diagnoses and organ systems with increased training.
  • Experienced clinicians and PAS-1 students completed the diagnostic tasks significantly faster than PAS-2 and PAS-3 students.

Conclusions:

  • Differential diagnosis ability in PA students develops in both accuracy and breadth throughout their training.
  • Training interventions should focus on enhancing list length and considering a wider range of diagnoses, including emergent and less common ones.
  • The findings suggest a developmental trajectory for clinical reasoning skills in PA education.