This module is intended as a make-up session for the Clinical Reasoning didactic in the Medical Education Track.
Objectives:
- Identify the steps involved in diagnostic reasoning.
- Implement strategies to help learners struggling at specific steps in diagnostic reasoning.
Required Pre-Reading:
- Bowen JL. Educational strategies to promote clinical diagnostic reasoning. N Engl J Med. 2006 Nov 23;355(21):2217-25. doi: 10.1056/NEJMra054782. PMID: 17124019.
- Rendon P, Roesch J, Rao D, Rencic J. Tips for Hospitalists on Improving Diagnostic Skills. The Hospitalist. 2015 Nov 4. https://www.the-hospitalist.org/hospitalist/article/122062/tips-hospitalists-improving-diagnostic-skills
- Assessment of Reasoning Tool. Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine. https://www.improvediagnosis.org/art/
- “Hypothesis Directed Data Collection.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcNW1VpdaL0
- “Problem Representation.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YhoREXzKLc
- “Prioritized Differential Diagnosis.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jCVFHkq938
- “High Value Testing.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uv_oO8CaXPk
Author: Vinhfield Ta, MD