Feasibility of self-reflection as a tool to balance clinical reasoning strategies

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 419-429

  Sibbald, Matthew ^a,b,c   de Bruin, Anique B H ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Clinical reasoning; Diagnostic error; Dual reasoning; Electrocardiography interpretation; Self assessment; System processing

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; STANDARD;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COGNITION; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEART DISEASES; HUMANS; INTERNSHIP AND RESIDENCY;

EID: 84862669756     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-011-9320-5     Document Type: Article

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