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Aquifer Summary Statements: Guidelines and
Expert Insights.
Aquifer Summary Statement Expert Answers
For faculty and staff using individual learner-level access
Identifying, interpreting, and summarizing key findings is a fundamental clinical skill. Many
Aquifer cases require students to write summary statements as they move through the case.
Reviewing the summary statements student’s write can be an excellent way to gauge their
progress. Integrating feedback on summary statements into your course will allow you to
provide your students with concrete feedback, helping them to improve their clinical reasoning
in a meaningful way.
Summary Statements are available for most cases in:
Aquifer Family Medicine - Aquifer Internal Medicine - Aquifer Pediatrics
Note: Aquifer Geriatrics and Aquifer Radiology cases do not include summary statements.
How to Access Summary Statements
While faculty at programs with institutional subscriptions can scan these summary statements
across students in their course, faculty at programs where students have individual learner-level
access only need to request their students submit their individual Student Reports to see their
summary statements.
Student summary statements can be submitted to faculty using the Student Report (view
details and more information on reporting here). Once student work is submitted, faculty can
easily compare summary statements written by the students to those written by expert medical
educators--listed below.
Aquifer Summary Statement Guidelines and Expert
Content
Students are provided with the following guidelines for writing a summary statement in Aquifer
cases:
A summary statement should:
1. Include accurate information and not include misleading information.
2. Facilitate understanding of the primary problem and appropriately narrow the
differential diagnosis through the inclusion of pertinent key features. (The aim is to
frame understanding of the primary problem rather than to report all information
indiscriminately.)
3. Express key findings in qualified medical terminology (e.g., heart rate of 180
beats/minute is tachycardia); synthesize details into unifying medical concepts (e.g.,
retractions + hypoxia + wheezing = respiratory distress).
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4. Use qualitative terms that are more abstract than patient's signs; these are often
binary in nature (e.g., acute vs. chronic; constant vs. intermittent).
Ultimately, a good summary statement should provide an understanding of the patient
presentation while being concise, complete, and accurate.
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Aquifer Summary Statements: Guidelines and
Expert Insights.
Aquifer Summary Statement Expert Answers
For faculty and staff using individual learner-level access
Identifying, interpreting, and summarizing key findings is a fundamental clinical skill. Many
Aquifer cases require students to write summary statements as they move through the case.
Reviewing the summary statements student’s write can be an excellent way to gauge their
progress. Integrating feedback on summary statements into your course will allow you to
provide your students with concrete feedback, helping them to improve their clinical reasoning
in a meaningful way.
Summary Statements are available for most cases in:
Aquifer Family Medicine - Aquifer Internal Medicine - Aquifer Pediatrics
Note: Aquifer Geriatrics and Aquifer Radiology cases do not include summary statements.
How to Access Summary Statements
While faculty at programs with institutional subscriptions can scan these summary statements
across students in their course, faculty at programs where students have individual learner-level
access only need to request their students submit their individual Student Reports to see their
summary statements.
Student summary statements can be submitted to faculty using the Student Report (view
details and more information on reporting here). Once student work is submitted, faculty can
easily compare summary statements written by the students to those written by expert medical
educators--listed below.
Aquifer Summary Statement Guidelines and Expert
Content
Students are provided with the following guidelines for writing a summary statement in Aquifer
cases:
A summary statement should:
1. Include accurate information and not include misleading information.
2. Facilitate understanding of the primary problem and appropriately narrow the
differential diagnosis through the inclusion of pertinent key features. (The aim is to
frame understanding of the primary problem rather than to report all information
indiscriminately.)
3. Express key findings in qualified medical terminology (e.g., heart rate of 180
beats/minute is tachycardia); synthesize details into unifying medical concepts (e.g.,
retractions + hypoxia + wheezing = respiratory distress).
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4. Use qualitative terms that are more abstract than patient's signs; these are often
binary in nature (e.g., acute vs. chronic; constant vs. intermittent).
Ultimately, a good summary statement should provide an understanding of the patient
presentation while being concise, complete, and accurate.
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