Climate change: Could it help develop 'adaptive expertise'?

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-224

  Bell, Erica ^a   Horton, Graeme ^b   Blashki, Grant ^c   Seidel, Bastian M ^a,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^d Huon Valley Health Centre   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive expertise in medical practice; Climate change and health; Innovation in medical practice; Problem solving in medical practice; Rural medical education and training

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; RURAL HEALTH CARE; TEACHING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; TEACHING;

EID: 84859268803     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-010-9245-4     Document Type: Article

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