Doggie diagnosis, diagnostic success and diagnostic reasoning strategies: An alternative view

Medical Education

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 676-677

  Norman, Geoff R ^a   Eva, Kevin W ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HUMAN; LEARNING; LOGIC; MEDICAL STUDENT; NOTE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MENTAL PROCESSES; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 0042161805     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2003.01528.x     Document Type: Note

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