The improvement of clinical reasoning in nursing students is a benchmark for students' abilities carrying out care. Disease script-based learning can help recognize the information. purpose this study was to determine effect illness scripts on ability students. research design used quasi-experimental approach with non-equivalent control group. sampling technique consecutive techniques. number s...

INTRODUCTION Understanding clinical reasoning is essential for patient care and medical education. Dual-processing theory suggests that nonanalytic reasoning is an essential aspect of expertise; however, assessing nonanalytic reasoning is challenging because it is believed to occur on the subconscious level. This assumption makes concurrent verbal protocols less reliable assessment tools. MET...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Most medical students learn clinical reasoning skills informally during clinical rotations that have varying quality of supervision. We conducted a randomized controlled trial to determine if a workshop that uses "illness scripts" could improve students' clinical reasoning skills when making diagnoses of patients portrayed in written scenarios. METHODS In 2007--2008,...

QUESTION What are the key items in the clinical reasoning process which expert clinicians identify as being relevant to the assessment and management of patients with shoulder pain? DESIGN Qualitative study using a three-round Delphi procedure. PARTICIPANTS Twenty-six experts in the UK consented to be involved and were contactable, of whom 20 contributed, with 12, 15, and 15 contributing to...

introduction: diabetes is one of the usual medical problems that had an important negative effect on patient’s health. researches demonstrate that there is a wide gap between recommended medical actions and received care by patients with diabetes. the aim of study was to assess the quality of care provided to patients with type 2 diabetes. materials and methods: a cross-sectional study was carr...

Objective: To present the concept and development of teaching strategies and the assessment tools regarding clinical reasoning for accurate practice. Method: This is a theoretical reflection based on scientific studies. Results: Comprehension of the essential concepts of the thought process and its articulation with the different teaching strategies and the assessment tools which has allowe...

background: clinical reasoning is generally defined as the numerous modes of thinking that guide clinical practice but little is known about the factors affecting how occupational therapists manage the decision-making process. the aim of this qualitative study was to explore the factors influencing the clinical reasoning of occupational therapists. methods: twelve occupational therapy practitio...