The transition from knowing to doing: Teaching junior doctors how to use insulin in the management of diabetes mellitus

Medical Education

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 689-694

  Conn, Jennifer J ^a,b   Dodds, Agnes E ^b   Colman, Peter G ^a  

^a ROYAL MELBOURNE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Education programme; Insulin; Junior doctor; Structured tasks

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INSULIN TREATMENT; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; SCORING SYSTEM; SKILL; TASK PERFORMANCE; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL;

EID: 0042490544     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2923.2003.01582.x     Document Type: Article

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