Clinical reasoning pattern used in oral health problem solving – A case study in Indonesian undergraduate dental students

Chrismawaty, B.E. and Emilia, O. and Rahayu, G.R. and Ana, I.D. (2023) Clinical reasoning pattern used in oral health problem solving – A case study in Indonesian undergraduate dental students. BMC Medical Education, 23 (1). ISSN 14726920

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Abstract

Background: Health professionals are known to use various combinations of knowledge and skills, such as critical thinking, clinical reasoning, clinical judgment, problem-solving, and decision-making, in conducting clinical practice. Clinical reasoning development is influenced by knowledge and experience, the more knowledge and experience, the more sophisticated clinical reasoning will be. However, clinical reasoning research in dentistry shows varying results . Aims: This study aims to observe the clinical reasoning pattern of undergraduate dental students when solving oral health problems, and their accordance with their knowledge acquisition. Material and methods: This qualitative study employed the think-aloud method and the result was assessed through verbal protocol analyses. Five respondents from final year dental undergraduate students were agreed to participate. A unique hypothetical clinical scenario was used as a trigger. The audio data were transcribed, interpreted, and categorized as a clinical reasoning pattern; and the concept maps created were assessed by a Structure of Learning Outcomes (SOLO) taxonomy as knowledge acquisition. Results: Observations on clinical reasoning patterns and the level of knowledge acquisition in five undergraduate dental students showed varying results. They applied clinical reasoning patterns according to their knowledge acquisition during didactical phase. Learners with inadequate knowledge relied on guessing, meanwhile learners with adequate knowledge applied more sophisticated reasoning pattern when solving problems. Conclusions: Various problem-solving strategies were encountered in this study, which corresponded to the level of knowledge acquisition. Dental institutions must set minimum standards regarding the acquisition of conceptual knowledge accompanied by improvement of clinical reasoning skills, as well as refinement of knowledge and procedural skills. © 2023, The Author(s).

Item Type: Article
Additional Information: Cited by: 1; All Open Access, Gold Open Access, Green Open Access
Uncontrolled Keywords: Clinical Competence; Clinical Reasoning; Humans; Indonesia; Oral Health; Problem Solving; Students, Dental; adult; article; clinical article; clinical reasoning; dental student; female; genetic transcription; health; human; human experiment; learning; male; outcome assessment; problem solving; qualitative research; skill; taxonomy; undergraduate student; clinical competence; Indonesia; problem solving
Subjects: R Medicine > RK Dentistry
Divisions: Faculty of Dentistry > Specialist Program in Dental Sciences
Depositing User: Sri JUNANDI
Date Deposited: 07 Nov 2024 02:57
Last Modified: 07 Nov 2024 02:57
URI: https://ir.lib.ugm.ac.id/id/eprint/11019

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