Beyond the margins: Reflective writing and development of reflective capacity in medical education

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 746-749

  Wald, Hedy S ^a   Reis, Shmuel P ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

medical education; patient centered care; professionalism; reflective capacity; reflective writing

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FAMILY MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PEDAGOGICS; PHYSICIAN; SHORT SURVEY;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMPATHY; HUMANS; SELF CONCEPT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; WRITING;

EID: 77954371580     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: 15251497     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11606-010-1347-4     Document Type: Short Survey

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