Deliberate practice and the acquisition and maintenance of expert performance in medicine and related domains

Academic Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 10 SUPPL., 2004, Pages

  Ericsson, K Anders ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACHIEVEMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTINUING EDUCATION; EXPERIENCE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL EXPERT; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICINE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 4644318381     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001888-200410001-00022     Document Type: Conference Paper

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