The effect of outcome information on health professionals' spontaneous learning

Medical Education

Volumn 44, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 962-968

  Mazzocco, Ketti ^a,b   Cherubini, Paolo ^c  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; NURSING STAFF; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROLOGY; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL;

EID: 77958574013     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03744.x     Document Type: Article

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