What every teacher needs to know about clinical reasoning

Medical Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 98-106

  Eva, Kevin W ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Clinical competence *education; Decision making; Education, medical, undergraduate *methods; Review literature; Teaching methods

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPREHENSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; PSYCHOMETRY; REVIEW; SKILL; TEACHER;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FACULTY, MEDICAL; HUMANS; TEACHING; THINKING;

EID: 12444266728     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2004.01972.x     Document Type: Review

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