TY - JOUR
T1 - Using Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Improve How We Understand, Teach, and Assess Clinical Reasoning
AU - Durning, Steven
AU - Costanzo, Michele
AU - Artino, Anthony
AU - van der Vleuten, Cees
AU - Beckman, Thomas
AU - Holmboe, Eric
AU - Roy, Michael
AU - Schuwirth, Lambertus
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Clinical reasoning is essential to the practice of medicine. There have been many advances in the understanding of clinical reasoning and its assessment, yet current approaches have a number of important limitations. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is promising because it permits investigators to directly view the neuroanatomical changes that occur with thinking. In this article, we briefly review current approaches to assessing clinical reasoning, discuss the emerging role and utility of fMRI in understanding clinical reasoning, and suggest directions for future research, continuing education, and practice.
AB - Clinical reasoning is essential to the practice of medicine. There have been many advances in the understanding of clinical reasoning and its assessment, yet current approaches have a number of important limitations. Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) is promising because it permits investigators to directly view the neuroanatomical changes that occur with thinking. In this article, we briefly review current approaches to assessing clinical reasoning, discuss the emerging role and utility of fMRI in understanding clinical reasoning, and suggest directions for future research, continuing education, and practice.
U2 - 10.1002/chp.21215
DO - 10.1002/chp.21215
M3 - Article
SN - 0894-1912
VL - 34
SP - 76
EP - 82
JO - Journal of Continuing Education in The Health Professions
JF - Journal of Continuing Education in The Health Professions
IS - 1
ER -