Teaching clinical decision making in a family practice clerkship.
Limited health care resources and other social factors are making clinical decision making (CDM) a necessary subject of study for medical students. However, CDM material is technical and could be perceived by students as arcane. This study evaluated student attitudes toward a CDM module imbedded in a third-year medical student (MSIII) family medicine clerkship. A survey instrument was used for the evaluation and included a within-subject check for response consistency. The results show that MSIIIs feel that technical CDM material is within their grasp and that it is relevant to their day-to-day care of patients.
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University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Department of Family Medicine, Oklahoma City 73104.
Lawler
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Schwiebert
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D001290:Attitude; D001499:Bayes Theorem; D015510:Clinical Medicine; D003657:Decision Making; D004501:Education, Medical / Q000639:trends*; D005194:Family Practice; D006801:Humans; D015397:Program Evaluation