IMPROVING MEDICAL STUDENTS' CRITICAL THINKING IN PATIENT DIAGNOSIS
Keywords:
criticalthinking, diagnosis, medicaleducation, OSCE, videos, simulation, assessmentAbstract
Critical thinking is a core competency for accurate patient diagnosis and safe clinical decision-making. Traditional lecture-based medical education often fails to sufficiently develop diagnostic reasoning skills required in real clinical environments. This study evaluated the effectiveness of a structured educational intervention integrating instructional videos, authentic patient cases, and repeated Objective Structured Clinical Examinations (OSCEs) in enhancing critical thinking among medical students. A total of 212 undergraduate medical students were divided into an intervention group and a control group and followed longitudinally through 2025. Descriptive statistical analysis demonstrated meaningful improvements in diagnostic accuracy, clinical reasoning scores, and OSCE performance among students exposed to the intervention. These findings support the integration of multimodal, case-based, and assessment-driven teaching strategies in modern medical curricula.
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