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Title: The culture of doubt: Do medical students really experience clinical uncertainty when they should?
Authors: Belhomme, N.1,2,3 nicolas.belhomme@chu-rennes.fr, Lescoat, A.1,2, Dion, L.4,5, Pottier, P.6,7, Triby, E.3, Pelaccia, T.3,8,9
Source: Medical Teacher. Jan2025, Vol. 47 Issue 1, p163-165. 3p.
Subject Terms: *School environment, *Medical education, *Health occupations students, *Psychological adaptation, *Experience, *Students, *Clinical competence, *Psychology of medical students, *Cognition, Work environment, Uncertainty, Ethnology
Abstract: Uncertainty is a fundamental aspect of medical practice, necessitating incorporation into undergraduate medical training. The integrative model of uncertainty tolerance (UT) developed by Hillen and Han serves as a comprehensive framework for exploring clinical uncertainty. While studies have extensively examined UT dimensions, including sources, responses, and moderators, the factors influencing the perception of uncertainty stimuli remain underexplored. However, students' ability to perceive uncertainty and their approach to uncertain stimuli play a crucial role in enabling them to develop adaptive responses to uncertainty, necessary for their comfort in these situations. Defining uncertainty as a metacognitive state suggests significant variability in its perception among individuals and within an individual over time. Moreover, several studies have demonstrated the substantial influence of various individual and contextual factors on how individuals perceive and respond to uncertainty. In this paper, the authors present multiple hypotheses to address the question of whether students genuinely perceive uncertainty stimuli when they should. The authors argue that students' personal relationship with their knowledge is essential in their ability to identify clinical uncertainty, particularly concerning the limits of medical knowledge. Therefore, they propose that an academic culture fostering doubt, through exposing students to a variety of perspectives, would enhance their ability to identify uncertainty zones in a clinical situation at an early stage. Drawing on Dewey's situational theory, the authors emphasize the importance of better understanding, in a work setting, the influence of contextual and situational characteristics on individual perceptions of uncertainty. In line with this idea, ethnographic studies would offer valuable insights into identifying the relationship between the students, their work environment, and their perception of clinical uncertainty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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  Data: Uncertainty is a fundamental aspect of medical practice, necessitating incorporation into undergraduate medical training. The integrative model of uncertainty tolerance (UT) developed by Hillen and Han serves as a comprehensive framework for exploring clinical uncertainty. While studies have extensively examined UT dimensions, including sources, responses, and moderators, the factors influencing the perception of uncertainty stimuli remain underexplored. However, students' ability to perceive uncertainty and their approach to uncertain stimuli play a crucial role in enabling them to develop adaptive responses to uncertainty, necessary for their comfort in these situations. Defining uncertainty as a metacognitive state suggests significant variability in its perception among individuals and within an individual over time. Moreover, several studies have demonstrated the substantial influence of various individual and contextual factors on how individuals perceive and respond to uncertainty. In this paper, the authors present multiple hypotheses to address the question of whether students genuinely perceive uncertainty stimuli when they should. The authors argue that students' personal relationship with their knowledge is essential in their ability to identify clinical uncertainty, particularly concerning the limits of medical knowledge. Therefore, they propose that an academic culture fostering doubt, through exposing students to a variety of perspectives, would enhance their ability to identify uncertainty zones in a clinical situation at an early stage. Drawing on Dewey's situational theory, the authors emphasize the importance of better understanding, in a work setting, the influence of contextual and situational characteristics on individual perceptions of uncertainty. In line with this idea, ethnographic studies would offer valuable insights into identifying the relationship between the students, their work environment, and their perception of clinical uncertainty. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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