Purpose: Clinical supervisors hesitate to report learner weaknesses, a widely documented phenomenon referred to as "failure to fail." They also struggle to discuss weaknesses with learners themselves. Their reluctance to report and discuss learner weaknesses threatens the validity of assessment-of-learning decisions and the effectiveness of assessment for learning.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThere are many obstacles to the timely identification of clinical reasoning difficulties in health professions education. This guide aims to provide readers with a framework for supervising clinical reasoning and identifying the potential difficulties as they may occur at each step of the reasoning process.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPart II of this AMEE Guide provides a detailed overview of the main difficulties in clinical reasoning, including the cues to look out for in clinical supervision, the root causes of each difficulty and targeted remediation strategies. Specific challenges and issues related to the management of clinical reasoning difficulties will also be discussed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Clinical reasoning is the cornerstone of medical practice. To date, there is no established framework regarding clinical reasoning difficulties, how to identify them, and how to remediate them.
Aim: To identify the most common clinical reasoning difficulties as they present in residents' patient encounters, case summaries, or medical notes.