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This study aimed to examine whether patient skin colour can affect the diagnostic ability and confidence of medical students, and their cognitive reasoning processes. We presented students with 12 different clinical presentations on both white skin (WS) and non-white skin (NWS). A think aloud (TA) study was conducted to explore students\u2019 cognitive reasoning processes (n\u2009=\u20098). An online quiz was also conducted where students submitted a diagnosis and confidence level for each clinical presentation (n\u2009=\u2009185). In the TA interviews, students used similar levels of information gathering and analytical reasoning for each skin type but appeared to display increased uncertainty and reduced non-analytical reasoning methods for the NWS images compared to the WS images. In the online quiz, students were significantly more likely to accurately diagnose five of the 12 clinical presentations (shingles, cellulitis, Lyme disease, eczema and meningococcal disease) on WS compared to NWS (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.01). With regards to students\u2019 confidence, they were significantly more confident diagnosing eight of the 12 clinical presentations (shingles, cellulitis, Lyme disease, eczema, meningococcal disease, urticaria, chickenpox and Kawasaki disease) on WS when compared to NWS (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.01). 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