Cognitive Problem Solving Patterns of Medical Students Correlate with Success in Diagnostic Case Solutions

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2013, Pages

  Kiesewetter, Jan ^a   Ebersbach, René ^a   Görlitz, Anja ^a   Holzer, Matthias ^a   Fischer, Martin R ^a   Schmidmaier, Ralf ^a  

^a LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE STUDY; COGNITION; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENT ATTITUDE; THINKING;

ADULT; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM SOLVING; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TIME AND MOTION STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84881484475     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0071486     Document Type: Article

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