The benefits of flexibility: The pedagogical value of instructions to adopt multifaceted diagnostic reasoning strategies

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 281-287

  Ark, Tavinder K ^a   Brooks, Lee R ^a   Eva, Kevin W ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

*diagnosis; Cardiology ; Clinical competence ; Decision making; Education; Education, medical, undergraduate ; Electrocardiography; Methods; Psychology ; Standards; Teaching

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DIAGNOSTIC REASONING; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; STANDARD;

CARDIOLOGY; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; PSYCHOLOGY; TEACHING;

EID: 33847156903     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2929.2007.02688.x     Document Type: Article

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