Effects of reflective practice on the accuracy of medical diagnoses

Medical Education

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 468-475

  Mamede, Silvia ^a   Schmidt, Henk G ^a   Penaforte, Júlio César ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Innovare Institute   (Brazil)

Author keywords

*diagnosis; *internship and residency; Brazil; Clinical competence *standards; Internal medicine *education; Multicentre study publication type ; Thinking

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE;

BRAZIL; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSIS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; THINKING;

EID: 42149151676     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2008.03030.x     Document Type: Article

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