What can medical education learn from the neurobiology of learning?

Academic Medicine

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 415-420

  Friedlander, Michael J ^a,h   Andrews, Linda ^b   Armstrong, Elizabeth G ^c   Aschenbrenner, Carol ^d   Kass, Joseph S ^e   Ogden, Paul ^f   Schwartzstein, Richard ^c   Viggiano, Thomas R ^g  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d ASSOCIATION OF AMERICAN MEDICAL COLLEGES   (United States)

^e BEN TAUB GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^f TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^g MAYO CLINIC COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h VIRGINIA TECH CARILION SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 79955086009     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e31820dc197     Document Type: Article

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