One of the most relevant current issues in teaching, and which has a major impact on clinical practice, is the way physicians elaborate their clinical reasoning. This study focused on understanding the reasoning process developed by medical students at the State University in Londrina, Paraná State, Brazil, identifying the teaching-learning process in clinical reasoning, its conceptualization, and the difficulties that emerge in the related learning process. This was a qualitative study in which the sample consisted of 16 sixth-year medical students (interns). The participants were interviewed on the conceptualization and teaching-learning process in clinical reasoning, and the results were evaluated with discourse analysis. The teaching-learning process in clinical reasoning deals with aspects reported by the students: the professor as a model professional, the importance of communication in clinical care, and conditions that favor learning. The grasp of learning in clinical reasoning encompassed the difficulties and the meanings of clinical reasoning expressed by the interviewees. The qualitative analysis allowed obtaining data that can foster a better understanding of the clinical reasoning process.
Diagnosis; Problem Solving; Methods; Learning; Education, Medical; Internship and Residency