The influence of familiar non-diagnostic information on the diagnostic decisions of novices

Medical Education

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 407-414

  Young, Meredith E ^a   Brooks, Lee R ^b   Norman, Geoffrey R ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARD; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 79952647287     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2010.03799.x     Document Type: Article

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