2025 Southern GEA/GSA/OSR Conference

Cognitive integration of foundational and clinical science remains a challenge, despite evidence suggesting that basic science is critical for clinical reasoning.1 There is a lack of tools and resources to assist educators in fostering cognitive integration. Foundational science educators often struggle to understand how their area of expertise translates into clinical practice and decision-making. Likewise, clinical educators often feel unprepared to quickly retrieve and apply their encapsulated foundational science knowledge in the context of patient care.2 New integration tools or learning models may serve to address these disconnects and facilitate cognitive integration3. Additionally, understanding the underlying basic science mechanisms of clinical presentations of pathologies could provide justification for clinical decisions and help prevent patient harm.3