Online patient simulation training to improve clinical reasoning: a feasibility randomised controlled trial

BMC Medical Education

Table 4 Logistic regression analyses comparing clinical reasoning skills between intervention and control groups

Observed clinical reasoning skills^a	Trial group	n	Mean (SD)	Odds Ratio (95% CI)	P value
Essential information identified^b	Intervention	78	61.6% (17.6)
	Control	70	53.3% (15.8)
				1.40 (1.12, 1.75)	0.003*
Relevance of history taking^c	Intervention	78	81.4% (10.5)
	Control	70	84.6% (10.6)
				0.79 (0.62, 1.01)	0.064^d
Flexibility in diagnoses^e	Intervention	78	3.2 (1.0)
	Control	70	3.0 (1.0)
			2 (base)
			3	1.48 (0.68, 3.24)	0.323
			4	1.63 (0.68, 3.92)	0.270
			5	2.46 (0.55, 11.00)	0.239
			6	1.77 (0.07, 20.76)	0.887^f

^aMeasured by students’ performance on a patient case delivered by eCREST
^bPercentage of essential information from gathered from patient case out of possible essential information available
^cPercentage of relevant information from gathered from patient case out of all information student gathered
^dχ² (1) =3.44
^eNumber of times changed diagnosis
^fχ² (4) =2.24, p = 0.692
*indicates p ≤ 0.05

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