Reflection as a strategy to foster medical students’ acquisition of diagnostic competence

2012157 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Sílvia Mamede · Erasmus University Rotterdam

Tamara van Gog · Erasmus University Rotterdam

Alexandre Sampaio Moura · Universidade José do Rosário Vellano

Rosa Malena Delbone de Faria · Universidade José do Rosário Vellano

José Maria Peixoto · Universidade José do Rosário Vellano

Remy M. J. P. Rikers · Erasmus University Rotterdam

Henk G. Schmidt

Abstract

Structured reflection while practising with cases appears to foster the learning of clinical knowledge more effectively than the generation of immediate or differential diagnoses and therefore seems to be an effective instructional approach to developing diagnostic competence in students.

Topics & Keywords

Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills Innovations in Medical Education Empathy and Medical Education

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Quality Education

Publication Details

Published in: Medical Education

Volume 46, Issue 5, pp. 464-472

DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2012.04217.x

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