Abstract

RODRIGUEZ LOPEZ, Aquiles José; VALDES DE LA ROSA, Cecilia; GARCIA BARRIOS, Clara  and  CASAS RODRIGUEZ, Ludmila. Skills of clinical reasoning in medical students. Rev Hum Med [online]. 2013, vol.13, n.2, pp. 433-456. ISSN 1727-8120.

A transverse descriptive study was conducted at the Faculty of Medical Sciences of Camagüey in the period between September 2011 and March 2012 with the aim of characterizing the development of the skills of clinical reasoning in medical students. The sample was composed by 14 teachers in the disciplines of Internal Medicine and 110 students who recently completed the third year of Medicine. The information was collected through an in-depth interview with key informants, a focus group with professors of the course of Internal Medicine;the sample of students selected was alsosurveyed through a questionnaire with mixed questions. Teachers and students agree that there are deficiencies in the use of the amount of time in education at work for the development of skills in clinical reasoning, as well as inadequacies in guidance and evaluation of the activity.

Keywords : development; abilities; clinical reasoning.

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