Table 3.

Characteristics of students’ clinical decision-making

Stage	Video case	Paper case
1) Cue acquisition	Psychosocial information, including that about family members Biased information gathering	Biomedical information on the pregnant woman and baby Systematic information gathering
2) Interpretation	Easy to imagine woman and family members Empathetic Psychosocially focused/ fragmented understanding	Difficult to imagine woman and family members Less empathetic Biomedically thorough/ sequential understanding
3) Evaluation/ decision-making	Woman- and family-centred holistic Practical and tailored, contextually sensitive care Refraining from monitoring and delayed decision-making	Healthcare provider-centred biomedical General, knowledge-driven care Frequent monitoring and quick decision-making