Background The illness script method employs a theoretical outline (eg, epidemiology,
pathophysiology, signs and symptoms, diagnostic tests, interventions) to clarify how …

Clinical reasoning training in the pre-clinical phase has recently been considered important;
however, when it comes to specific instructional methods for pre-clinical students, much is …

Objectives To assess illness script richness and maturity in preclinical students after they
attended a specifically structured instructional format, ie, a case based clinical reasoning …

Introduction Clinical reasoning is a fundamental part of a physician's daily workflow. Yet it
remains a challenging skill to develop formally, especially in preclerkship-level early …

Background Despite a major research focus on clinical reasoning over the last several
decades, a method of evaluating the clinical reasoning process that is both objective and …

Aim: This study describes the introduction and spread of the concept of “illness script” in the
medical education literature. Method: First, I will concisely discuss the development of the …

Introduction Clinical reasoning is often not explicitly taught to novice medical students. Pre-
clerkship clinical skills courses are an ideal venue to teach the clinical reasoning process …

Background Script theory proposes an explanation for how information is stored in and
retrieved from the human mind to influence individuals' interpretation of events in the world …

Abstract Context/Setting: The script theory of diagnostic reasoning proposes that clinicians
evaluate cases in the context of an “illness script,” iteratively testing internal hypotheses …

Background Outcome-or competency-based education is well established in medical and
health sciences education. Curricula are based on courses where students develop their …