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ArticleJournal of medical education and curricular development

Clinical Reasoning Curricula in Health Professions Education: A Scoping Review.

Maria Elvén, Elisabet Welin, Desiree Wiegleb Edström, Tadej Petreski, Magdalena Szopa, Steven J Durning, Samuel Edelbring

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Article in Journal of medical education and curricular development. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT07608315 (Effect of Adaptive AI-Supported Simulation on Physiology Learning Outcomes Among Medical Students), which is not on this map. Cited by 19 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT07608315 nacompletednot on this map

Effect of Adaptive AI-Supported Simulation on Physiology Learning Outcomes Among Medical Students: A Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorSaveetha UniversityRan2025 to 2026Enrolled672ConditionsPhysiology Education, Simulation-Based Learning, v, Artificial Intelligence in EducationArmsAI-Assisted Algorithm-Supported Adaptive Simulation, Conventional Physiology Instruction
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed.

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  19. Clinical Reasoning Curricula in Health Professions Education: A Scoping Review.Journal of medical education and curricular development
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Maria ElvénSchool of Health, Care and Social Welfare, Mälardalen University, Västerås, Sweden.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5356-916X
Elisabet WelinFaculty of Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Desiree Wiegleb EdströmFaculty of Medicine and Health, School of Medical Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.
Tadej PetreskiInstitute for Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Maribor, Maribor, Slovenia.
Magdalena SzopaDepartment of Metabolic Diseases, Jagiellonian University Medical College, Krakow, Poland.
Steven J DurningDepartment of Medicine, Center for Health Professions Education, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA.
Samuel EdelbringFaculty of Medicine and Health, School of Health Sciences, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis scoping review aimed to explore and synthesize current literature to advance the understanding of how to design clinical reasoning (CR) curricula for students in health professions education.

methodsArksey and O'Malley's 6-stage framework was applied. Peer-reviewed articles were searched in PubMed, Web of Science, CINAHL, and manual searches, resulting in the identification of 2932 studies.

resultsTwenty-six articles were included on CR in medical, nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, midwifery, dentistry, and speech language therapy education. The results describe: features of CR curriculum design; CR theories, models, and frameworks that inform curricula; and teaching content, methods, and assessments that inform CR curricula.

conclusionsSeveral CR theories, teaching, and assessment methods are integrated into CR curricula, reflecting the multidimensionality of CR among professions. Specific CR elements are addressed in several curricula; however, no all-encompassing CR curriculum design has been identified. These findings offer useful insights for educators into how CR can be taught and assessed, but they also suggest the need for further guidance on educational strategies and assessments while learners progress through an educational program.

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clinical decision-makingclinical reasoningcurriculum designhealth professions education

Identifiers

PMID37900617
PMCPMC10605682

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