[Systematic teaching of differential diagnostics and information retrieval in medical education--a controlled study].
Teaching of differential diagnostic skills in medical education is often nonsystematic and touched only in a disease-based manner in the context of patient cases. We conducted a controlled study, in which a portion of fifth year students received systematic teaching of differential diagnostics and information retrieval for a period of ten weeks, whereas another portion continued in conventional basic training. We tested the students' problem-solving skills in both groups with a computer-assisted test. Students in the intervention group were more successful in the test and settled on the correct diagnosis more often than students in the control group.
Renko
Marjo
M
Oulun yliopisto, lastentautien klinikka, PL 5000, 90014 Oulu.
Soini
Hannu
H
Rantala
Heikki
H
Tapiainen
Terhi
T
Pokka
Tytti
T
Uhari
Matti
M
D000328:Adult; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003194:Computer-Assisted Instruction; D004504:Education, Medical, Undergraduate; D006801:Humans; D011340:Problem Solving; D013663:Teaching / Q000379:methods*