Blunting Occam's razor: Aligning medical education with studies of complexity

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 849-855

  Bleakley, Alan ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

complexity science; democracy; identity; learning theory; medical education; teamwork

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; AMBIGUITY; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COGNITION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; KNOWLEDGE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICAL STUDENT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCTIVITY; PROFESSIONALISM; REVIEW; SOCIAL LEARNING THEORY; TEAMWORK;

COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; LEARNING; MODELS, THEORETICAL;

EID: 77954630918     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2010.01498.x     Document Type: Review

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