7.4 Critical Judgment/Problem-Solving Skills

The faculty of a medical school ensure that the medical curriculum incorporates the fundamental principles of medicine, provides opportunities for medical students to acquire skills of critical judgment based on evidence and experience, and develops medical students' ability to use those principles and skills effectively in solving problems of health and disease.

Supporting Data

Narrative Response

1. Provide two detailed examples from the pre-clerkship phase of the curriculum of where students learn about, demonstrate, and are assessed on each of the following skills. In each description, include the course(s) in which this instruction and assessment occur and provide the relevant learning objectives.
   1. Skills of critical judgment based on evidence and experience
   2. Skills of medical problem solving