Table 4 Conditions for valuable workplace learning activities

Students identified learning activities as helpful for learning clinical reasoning in the workplace if...

…they offer the opportunity to perform clinical reasoning independently, either with or without supervision

…they allow the direct application of knowledge in clinical practice

…they involve observation by and interaction with a supervisor

…they involve students being ‘thrown in at the deep end’ and forced to step outside of their comfort zone

…they include receiving feedback

…they involve the repetition of known diseases and gaining experience in as yet unknown diagnoses