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ArticleMedical science educator2019

Second Life and Classroom Environments: Comparing Small Group Teaching and Learning in Developing Clinical Reasoning Process Skills.

Mary M Pereira, Elpida Artemiou, Dee McGonigle, Liza Köster, Anne Conan, Fortune Sithole

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Article in Medical science educator, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Mary M PereiraRoss University School of Veterinary Medicine (RUSVM), P.O. Box 334, Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis.
Elpida ArtemiouRoss University School of Veterinary Medicine (RUSVM), P.O. Box 334, Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis.
Dee McGonigleChamberlain College of Nursing, 3005 Highland Parkway, Downers Grove, IL 60515 USA.
Liza KösterUniversity of Glasgow School of Veterinary Medicine, 464 Bearsden Road, Glasgow, G61 1QH UK.
Anne ConanRoss University School of Veterinary Medicine (RUSVM), P.O. Box 334, Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis.
Fortune SitholeRoss University School of Veterinary Medicine (RUSVM), P.O. Box 334, Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Medical education and clinical practice support the development of clinical reasoning competency. Traditionally, the process of clinical reasoning is taught through small group discussions in pre-clinical and clinical medical training, and the need exists to explore further teaching and learning approaches that develop clinical reasoning. This study compared teaching and learning the clinical reasoning process through the virtual platform of Second Life (SL) with the traditional classroom setting. Participants were first semester veterinary students; 34 participated virtually through SL, and 41 experienced traditional classroom interactions. Students and one facilitator engaged in three small group meetings to process a clinical case. A seven-item clinical reasoning rubric guided the teaching, learning, and assessment. Clinical reasoning assignments were scored on a grading scale from 0 to 4 with a maximum result of 28. Descriptive statistics for clinical reasoning assignment scores were (m = 14.0; SD = 2.6) and (m = 12.2; SD = 2.6) in SL and classroom interaction, respectively. Results indicated positive associations for all participants between the rubric item score of gathering historical information with (1) gathering physical examination information (

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Clinical reasoning assessmentClinical reasoning processSecond lifeVeterinary educationVirtual learning

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PMID34457500
PMCPMC8368830

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