Look who's talking: Teaching and learning using the genre of medical case presentations

Journal of Business and Technical Communication

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-158

  Spafford, Marlee M ^a,d   Schryer, Catherine F ^a   Mian, Marcellina ^b,e,f   Lingard, Lorelei ^c,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d American Academy of Optometry   (United States)

^e Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^g Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children ^*

Author keywords

Apprenticeship genre; Case presentations; Professional identity

Indexed keywords

EID: 32944478348     PISSN: 10506519     EISSN: 15524574     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1050651905284396     Document Type: Article

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