How expertise develops in medicine: Knowledge encapsulation and illness script formation

Medical Education

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1133-1139

  Schmidt, Henk G ^a,b   Rikers, Remy M J P ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Building M ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

*clinical competence; *problem solving; Clinical clerkship *methods; Curriculum; Group processes; Peer group; Teaching *methods

Indexed keywords

BIOMEDICINE; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; PATIENT CARE; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; GROUP PROCESSES; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; PROBLEM SOLVING; TEACHING;

EID: 36649014302     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2007.02915.x     Document Type: Review

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