Implementation of a curriculum on communicating diagnostic uncertainty for clerkship-level medical students: a pseudorandomized and controlled study
Students who participated in a curriculum on communication of uncertainty demonstrated superior skills in communicating uncertainty during their OSCE. There was a significant increase in PRUS indicating decreased stress associated with uncertainty for all students. This may reflect high levels of baseline stress associated with starting a clerkship, maturation, exposure to cases, or role-modeling by the clinical team.
Authors
- Neha Etherington
- Deborah DiNardo
- Amar Kohli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1525-990X)
- Scott D. Rothenberger (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8300-5947)
- Casey N. McQuade (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6139-5531)
- Eliana Bonifacino (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8797-2061)
Institutions
- MedStar Washington Hospital Center (US)
- University of Pittsburgh (US)
- VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (US)
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (US)
- Temple University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diagnosis
- Published
- 2025-05-22
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1515/dx-2025-0006
- Primary Topic
- Clinical Reasoning and Diagnostic Skills
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation