Exploring deliberate practice in medicine: How do physicians learn in the workplace?

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 81-95

  van de Wiel, Margje W J ^a   van den Bossche, Piet ^a,b   Janssen, Sandra ^c   Jossberger, Helen ^c  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c OPEN UNIVERSITY OF THE NETHERLANDS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Deliberate practice; Medical expertise; Physicians; Residents; Self regulated learning; Workplace learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEARNING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PHYSICIAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; STATISTICS; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEEDBACK; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEARNING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS; PROBLEM SOLVING; STAFF DEVELOPMENT; WORKPLACE;

EID: 79954738637     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-010-9246-3     Document Type: Article

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