Basic science reasoning and clinical reasoning intertwined: Epistemological analysis and consequences for medical education

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-130

  Magnani, Lorenzo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Abduction; Cognitive models; Computational models; Computational philosophy; Diagnostic reasoning; Epistemological models; Hypothetical reasoning; Knowledge based systems; Medical education

Indexed keywords

EID: 15444369515     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1009736414434     Document Type: Article

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