Understanding responses to feedback: The potential and limitations of regulatory focus theory

Medical Education

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 593-603

  Watling, Christopher ^a   Driessen, Erik ^b   van der Vleuten, Cees P M ^b   Vanstone, Meredith ^a   Lingard, Lorelei ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; FEEDBACK; HUMANS; LEARNING; MOTIVATION; PHYSICIANS;

EID: 84861469287     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2923.2012.04209.x     Document Type: Article

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