What is it about?
Clinicians with a certain level and sufficient experiences commonly say that assessment for clinical reasoning can be done through listening to the case presentations by trainees. VSOP (vague, structured, organized, and pertinent) is an acronym of how case presentations are assessed from the viewpoint of diagnostic reasoning. VSOP method is a new formative work-based assessment tool.
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Why is it important?
Currently VSOP method is the only way to assess diagnostic reasoning in work-based environment, and useful to give trainees feedback depending on the clinical levels.
Perspectives
Reliability study is currently conducted for summative use of VSOP method.
Hirotaka Onishi
The University of Tokyo
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This page is a summary of: Assessment of Clinical Reasoning by Listening to Case Presentations: VSOP Method for Better Feedback, Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development, September 2016, SAGE Publications,
DOI: 10.4137/jmecd.s30035.
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