What do the theories of Egon Brunswik have to say to medical education?

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 109-121

  Wigton, Robert S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical judgement; Decision rules; Judgement analysis; Lens model; Medical curriculum; Medical decision making

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; HISTORY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; VISION;

CURRICULUM; DECISION THEORY; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 38349171005     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-006-9023-5     Document Type: Article

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