How doctors know when to stop learning

Medical Teacher

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 189-196

  Slotnick, H B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSULTATION; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL PRACTICE; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; READING; RESEARCH; SKILL; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0034007571     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01421590078643     Document Type: Article

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