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Table 1 Group history taking with individual clinical reasoning activity for M4 students

From: Assessing clinical reasoning ability in fourth-year medical students via an integrative group history-taking with an individual reasoning activity

Process

Subject Steps

Learning outcome focus

1. Include faculty

Training 5 residents as a teacher

Post-training teaching ability assessment

2. Select teaching materials

Create five clinical scenarios for group training

Scenarios including hemoptysis, abdominal pain, fever, anemia and chest pain

3 Group history taking with individual reasoning

Use this program to train M4 student’s history taking and clinical reasoning

Trainees write down 15 key information for clinical reasoning, one most likely with two tentative diagnosis including reasons

4. Group feedback

Post-training immediate feedback and clinical reasoning discussion

Residents shared their experience in the class and resolve trainee’s questions

5. Questionnaire

Post-training feedback questionnaire

Post-assessment: questionnaire for review improvement