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Virtual Coaching And Deliberate Practice To Enhance Medical Students' Clinical Reasoning During Oral Case Presentations, Nicole Akar-Ghibril Md, Cristina Carter Md, Gabrina Dixon Md, Med, Ellen Goldman Med, Mba, Mary C. Ottolini Md, Mph, Med
Virtual Coaching And Deliberate Practice To Enhance Medical Students' Clinical Reasoning During Oral Case Presentations, Nicole Akar-Ghibril Md, Cristina Carter Md, Gabrina Dixon Md, Med, Ellen Goldman Med, Mba, Mary C. Ottolini Md, Mph, Med
Journal of Maine Medical Center
ABSTRACT:
Introduction
Oral case presentations (OP) provide an opportunity for medical students to practice clinical reasoning and communication skills, and for faculty to provide assessment. Specific teaching strategies are needed to improve students’ OP skills.
Objective
To compare the effectiveness of Virtual Coaching (VC) to Small Group (SG) discussion or Traditional Feedback (TF/control) in improving clinical reasoning during OP, using a validated PBEAR (Problem Representation, Background Evidence, Analysis, Recommendation) tool.
Design/Methods
Students from two medical schools were randomly assigned to three groups during their inpatient pediatric clerkship. All completed an eLearning module about using illness scripts to promote clinical reasoning …