Reflecting on reflections: Enhancement of medical education curriculum with structured field notes and guided feedback

Academic Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 830-837

  Wald, Hedy S ^a   Davis, Stephen W ^a   Reis, Shmuel P ^a,b   Monroe, Alicia D ^c   Borkan, Jeffrey M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CRITICAL THINKING; CURRICULUM; E-MAIL; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONALISM; REVIEW; SKILL; TEACHING; WRITING; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; EDUCATION; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; STANDARD; THINKING; UNITED STATES;

ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FACULTY, MEDICAL; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; PHYSICIAN'S ROLE; THINKING; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 67649790800     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181a8592f     Document Type: Review

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