As a crucial component of clinical medicine, the main task of diagnosis is to cultivate students’ ability to master systematic clinical thinking, disease diagnosis process, comprehensive analysis methods, and the ability to solve clinical problems. Introducing case-based clinical reasoning as a novel and advanced teaching method in the diagnosis course, in line with the comprehensive ability teaching objectives of the course, can provide students with a platform to apply learned knowledge in practical cases, enhance the fun and practicality of learning, improve students’ clinical thinking ability and practical skills, enable students to make quick and accurate judgments when facing complex cases, and ultimately enhance their ability to analyze and solve problems comprehensively. This article combines the experience of applying case-based clinical reasoning to undergraduate diagnosis at West China School of Medicine of Sichuan University, and explores the prospects of applying this teaching method in medical diagnostics.
Assistant general practitioner training is an important way to provide qualified doctors for primary healthcare institutions, with a focus on the practical application of clinical knowledge and skills, as well as the diagnosis and treatment of common diseases. Panzhihua Iron and Steel Group General Hospital has introduced the electronic library in collaboration with clinical thinking and intelligent examination system based on the traditional training mode into the assistant general practitioner training. Compared to traditional training model, it can improve learning effectiveness, clinical theory, and practical skills of assistant general practitioners. Based on the above new teaching experience, this article deeply explores the advantages and problems faced by this teaching model, aiming to better promote it.