The Use of Medical Cognition in Medical Curriculum Reform in Taiwan

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 53-57

  Tsai, Tsuen Chiuan ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

curriculum; medical cognition; medical problem solving; medical reasoning; reform

Indexed keywords

ACCREDITATION; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PHILOSOPHY; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; TAIWAN;

COGNITION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; TAIWAN;

EID: 55649103044     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1875-9572(08)60013-3     Document Type: Review

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