Scripts and medical diagnostic knowledge: Theory and applications for clinical reasoning instruction and research

Academic Medicine

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 182-190

  Charlin, Bernard ^a   Tardif, Jacques ^b   Boshuizen, Henny P A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL MEDICINE; COMPETENCE; HYPOTHESIS; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEMORY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; REVIEW; THEORY;

EID: 0033995092     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200002000-00020     Document Type: Review

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