Chaos, complexity and complicatedness: Lessons from rocket science

Medical Education

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 549-559

  Norman, Geoff ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; NONLINEAR SYSTEM; PHYSICS; RESEARCH; STANDARD;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; NONLINEAR DYNAMICS; PHYSICS; RESEARCH;

EID: 79955966769     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2011.03945.x     Document Type: Review

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