Critical thinking and critical appraisal: The chicken and the egg?

QJM: An International Journal of Medicine

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 609-614

  Kee, F ^a   Bickle, I ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL VICTORIA HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; COGNITION; CURRICULUM; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; LEARNING; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SKILL; TEACHING; THINKING; UNITED KINGDOM; WORKSHOP;

EID: 4544277114     PISSN: 14602725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/qjmed/hch099     Document Type: Note

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