Exploring the Gap between Knowledge and Behavior: A Qualitative Study of Clinician Action Following an Educational Intervention

Academic Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 386-393

  Kennedy, Tara ^a,b,h   Regehr, Glenn ^c,d,e   Rosenfield, Jay ^b,f   Roberts, S Wendy ^b,f   Lingard, Lorelei ^e,g  

^a HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c Health Professions Education Research   (Canada)

^d Wilson Centre for Research in Education   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^f HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^g University Health Network ^*

^h UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FAMILY MEDICINE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 2142754473     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200405000-00006     Document Type: Article

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