
Best Practices for Teaching Clinical Reasoning: Diagnostic Frameworks
Guest Author: Eliana Bonifacino, MD MS, Academic Hospitalist, MWHC What is a diagnostic framework? A diagnostic framework, sometimes referred to as a schema, is a
Physicians are life-long learners and have a role as a life-long educator.
The Residents as Teachers program is part of the Foundations in Education Series for MedStar residents and fellows. The program provides an introduction to the basic skills for residents to become more effective teachers as they work alongside students, peers, health care professionals, and their patients. This program highlights the importance of creating a safe and effective learning environment as well as providing and receiving feedback. This program offers additional resources for professional development around medical education.
Need more resources? Reach out to Sarah Thornton, MD, FHM, Director, Residents as Teachers, Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Associate Professor of Medicine
sarah.c.thornton@medstar.net
This monthly update will feature quick tips for teaching, giving and receiving feedback, and improving the learning environment based on the literature and curated by Dr. Elizabeth Chawla and Dr. Sarah Thornton.

Guest Author: Eliana Bonifacino, MD MS, Academic Hospitalist, MWHC What is a diagnostic framework? A diagnostic framework, sometimes referred to as a schema, is a

Guest Author: Eliana Bonifacino, MD MS, Academic Hospitalist, MWHC Problem representation is the mental model or understanding of a patient’s clinical condition that forms in

Guest Author: Heather Hartman-Hall, PhD, Senior Director, Wellbeing and Mental Health, Medstar Health One common challenge for clinical faculty is balancing the sometimes opposing needs
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