Developing Medical Students’ Broad Clinical Diagnostic Reasoning Through GP-Facilitated Teaching in Hospital Placements

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Table 1 Student Responses to Questionnaire Evaluation

Student Responses
	Question	1 Strongly Disagree	2 Disagree	3 Neutral	4 Agree	5 Strongly Agree	No Response	Mean Score/5 (SD)
1	Improved my ability to consider different diagnoses for a presenting problem across a broad range of clinical specialties	2	7	15	84	100	4	4.2
		(1%)	(3%)	(7%)	(40%)	(47%)	(2%)	(0.9)
2	Improved my understanding of how clinical diagnosis and management is influenced by the individual patient (patient’s circumstance, perspectives and goals)	3	18	28	80	81	2	3.9
		(1%)	(8%)	(13%)	(38%)	(38%)	(1%)	(1.1)
3	Enabled me to consider patient needs in the community after hospital discharge	14	34	47	75	40	2	3.2
		(7%)	(16%)	(22%)	(35%)	(19%)	(1%)	(1.3)
4	Enabled me to reflect on experiences that affected me on placement	4	10	36	89	69	4	3.8
		(2%)	(5%)	(17%)	(42%)	(33%)	(2%)	(1)
5	I found the GP-facilitated sessions responsive to my learning needs	5	7	19	56	121	4	4.2
		(2%)	(3%)	(9%)	(26%)	(57%)	(2%)	(1)
6	I found it helpful to have a general practitioner facilitate the sessions	2	2	14	48	143	3	4.4
		(1%)	(1%)	(7%)	(23%)	(67%)	(1%)	(0.8)

Figure 1 Graphical illustration of quantitative data from student questionnaire.

Figure 2 Thematic analysis of factors supporting student-perceived learning outcomes.