Clinical reasoning processes: Unravelling complexity through graphical representation

Medical Education

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 454-463

  Charlin, Bernard ^a   Lubarsky, Stuart ^b,c   Millette, Bernard ^a,d   Crevier, Françoise ^a   Audétat, Marie Claude ^a   Charbonneau, Anne ^a   Caire Fon, Nathalie ^a   Hoff, Lea ^a   Bourdy, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING; STANDARD; TEACHING;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; DECISION MAKING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; HUMANS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84860235428     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2012.04242.x     Document Type: Article

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