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About Creme

About Us

CReME started out as an informal group of clinical academics who were interested in collaborating to improve the teaching of clinical reasoning in undergraduate and postgraduate medical education. Now we are a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to providing resources, networking and collaboration opportunities for organisations, teachers and learners in pursuit of our aims.

What is 'clinical reasoning' and why does it matter?

Clinical reasoning is 'a skill, process, or outcome wherein clinicians observe, collect, and interpret data to diagnose and treat patients' (Daniel et al, 2019). It is complex and takes years to learn. Studies show diagnosis frequently goes wrong, and it is the most common, costly, and dangerous of medical mistakes.  As a result, there is a growing consensus that medical schools and postgraduate training programmes need to teach clinical reasoning in a way that is much more explicit, systematic and consistent with evidence from the learning sciences.
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