TITLE:
Clinical Reasoning: Where Do We Stand on Identifying and Remediating Difficulties?
AUTHORS:
Marie-Claude Audétat, Stuart Lubarsky, Jean-Guy Blais, Bernard Charlin
KEYWORDS:
Clinical Reasoning; Remediation; Clinical Reasoning Difficulties; Faculty Development
JOURNAL NAME:
Creative Education,
Vol.4 No.6A,
June
14,
2013
ABSTRACT: Ten to fifteen percent of medical trainees have
academic difficulties, the majority of which are cognitive in nature, including
clinical reasoning. Many obstacles impede the rapid identification of clinical
reasoning difficulties in medical
learners. This article reviews the literature on detection and remediation of
clinical reasoning difficulties, and offers specific, practical steps for
accurately diagnosing and quickly resolving identified problems with clinical
reasoning. Faculties need to become more involved in the development and establishment of tools for
encouraging direct observation of the development of clinical reasoning in
medical learners, and for strengthening the teachers’ pedagogical competencies.