Medical Problem Solving

Medical problem-solving skills are essential to learning how to develop an effective differential diagnosis in an efficient manner, as well as how to engage in the reflective practice of medicine. 
 Students' experience in CBI complements the clinical reasoning skills they learn through the UA COM Doctor and Patient course and through their Societies mentors.

The UA COM medical problem-solving structure applies the B-D-A (Before-During-After) framework as an educational strategy. Thus, CBI requires students to engage in reflection before, during and following facilitated sessions. Reflection contributes to improvement in problem-solving skills and helps medical students cultivate a habit of reflection that will serve them well as they become lifelong professional learners.

As with medical-problem solving, practice-based learning (learning through experience) requires students to engage in reflection before, during and following each learning experiences. Reflection contributes to improvement in problem-solving skills and cultivating a habit of reflection will serve medical students well as they become lifelong professional learners.