Renewing the Teaching of Clinical Reasoning in Psychiatry: An Opportunity for Advancing Mental Health Training and Care

• Published in: Academic psychiatry 2024-08, Vol.48 (4), p.307-309
• Main Authors: Li, Descartes, Louie, Alan K., Balon, Richard, Beresin, Eugene V., Morreale, Mary K., Coverdale, John, Aggarwal, Rashi, Guerrero, Anthony P. S., Brenner, Adam M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Clinical Competence; Clinical Reasoning; Cognition & reasoning; Curricula; Curriculum; Editorial; Humans; Hypotheses; Insomnia; Internship and Residency; Learning; Lifelong Learning; Medical Education; Medical students; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental disorders; Mental health; Psychiatry; Psychiatry - education; Teachers; Teaching; Teaching methods; Thinking Skills
• ISSN: 1042-9670; 1545-7230; 1545-7230
• DOI: 10.1007/s40596-024-01983-x

Definition of Clinical Reasoning and Current State of Teaching It Clinical reasoning is a complex cognitive process that health care professionals use to gather information, integrate this information with their medical knowledge, generate hypotheses, and make decisions about patient care. [...]we raise the question of whether clinical reasoning is being taught in a consistent and uniform manner within psychiatry, especially during clerkships, on the basis of a common vocabulary and pedagogy. [...]adopt established methodologies for teaching clinical reasoning, found in other medical specialties. [...]analyze how clinical reasoning in psychiatry may differ from other medical specialties to tailor teaching methods accordingly.