Clinical reasoning of Indonesian medical students as measured by diagnostic thinking inventory.
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em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-165991
ABSTRACT
Introduction:
Clinical reasoning skill is one of the most important skills for a good physician. A number of instruments have been developed to measure this skill, including the Diagnostic Thinking Inventory (DTI). Several studies have been carried out to measure its reliability and validity; however, evidence of its construct validity is still limited. This study aims to explore the construct validity of the DTI and to measure the clinical reasoning skills of Indonesian medical students.Method:
The subjects were 1135 medical students and 60 general practitioners. They were asked to complete the Indonesia version of DTI.Results:
Overall reliability of the DTI was .74 and .50 for the flexibility in thinking scale and .70 for the evidence of knowledge structure scale. A one way unrelated ANOVA showed that there were significant differences in the DTI score (F = 7.097, p = .000), flexibility of thinking subscale (F = 6.111, p = .000), and the evidence of knowledge structure subscale (F = 5.306, p = .000) with the scores increasing over the period of medical training and practical experiences. The biggest proportion of subjects in all groups reached the highest level (scored between 171-246/level 5).Conclusion:
This study has shown the construct validity of DTI in a different linguistic context. It also has shown the level of clinical reasoning skills of Indonesian medical students varied with year of study.
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IMSEAR (Sudeste Asiático)
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo diagnóstico
Idioma:
Inglês
Ano de publicação:
2008
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