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“Had no idea about CR” (Interview 2, Line 12)
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“Had no idea what CR is before the course” (Interview 10, Line 28)
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“Clinical reasoning is to try to elaborate everything that happens to the patient and interpret anything the patient is suffering from” (Interview 2, Line 39)
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“CR is done by a healthcare provider to reach the best clinical decision” (Interview 7, Line 6)
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| Theme 2 – Use of 'think aloud' method for clinical reasoning (codes: 25) |
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“CR with think aloud in group increases the knowledge and experience” (Interview 1, Line 141)
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“Think aloud helps in personality development” (Interview 6, Line 24)
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| Theme 3 – Application of clinical reasoning (codes: 17) |
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“CR may take time in the beginning but gets easy with practice” (Interview 7, Line 130)
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“More clinical reasoning practicing will be useful” (Interview 5, Line 78)
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“CR skill is developed by more practicing” (Interview 10, Line 143)
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| Theme 4 – Challenges of applying clinical reasoning (codes: 6) |
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“There are no difficulties except it takes too long” (Interview 7, Line 34)
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“CR is restricted by not having sufficient clinical information” (Interview 9, Line 57)
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| Theme 5 – Advantages of clinical reasoning (codes: 95) |
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“By CR you can find issues like contraindication or overdose of drugs” (Interview 4, Line 64)
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“CR helped in identifying drug interactions to some extent” (Interview 7, Line 58)
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“CR was helpful to know serious side effects” (interview 8, line 72)
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“CR organizes thoughts in writing the SOAP note” (Interview 1, Line 117)
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“Clinical reasoning makes the SOAP note easier” (Interview 3, Line 88)
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Theme 6 – Clinical reasoning versus other learning and assessment methods (codes: 12)
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“It is much better way to learn than the presentations” (Interview 5, Liine 18)
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“We should have this (CR) in all therapeutics courses instead of MCQs and exams” (Interview 9, Line 34
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| Theme 7 – Suggestions for future use of clinical reasoning (codes: 29) |
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“If you learned CR from the first year it will develop your skills” (Interview 1, Line 144)
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“CR should be used in first year, not 4th or 5th year … because it creates a base of thinking” (Interview 3, Line 170)
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“Applying CR earlier in the college is important to get used to it in the real practice” (Interview 12, Line 118)
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“More formative CR practice will help students” (Interview 6, Line 110)
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“Teachers should give student’s weekly cases to solve it using CR” (Interview 7, Line 129)
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“More real clinical cases will improve learning of CR” (Interview 9, Line 146)
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