Active Learning: When Is More Better? The Case of Resident Physicians' Medical Errors

Journal of Applied Psychology

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1200-1209

  Katz Navon, Tal ^a   Naveh, Eitan ^b   Stern, Zvi ^c  

^a INTERDISCIPLINARY CENTER HERZLIYA   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

active learning; errors; patient safety; resident physicians; safety climate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISRAEL; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL STANDARD; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY; ISRAEL; LEADERSHIP; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; PROFESSIONAL ROLE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAFETY MANAGEMENT;

EID: 69949137349     PISSN: 00219010     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0015979     Document Type: Article

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