Supporting Learner’s Patient Care Process and Clinical Reasoning in Clinical Placements Using the SNAPPS Approach

Objective: The SNAPPS (Summarize, Narrow, Analyze, Probe, Plan, Select) approach has been used in medicine to facilitate concise patient summaries, clinical reasoning, and case-based uncertainties. The objectives of this educational initiative are to: 1) use the SNAPPS approach to support learners in succinctly presenting patient care workups to preceptors in experiential placements to foster development of patient care and clinical reasoning skills, and 2) to evaluate implementation of this rotation activity.