The roles of deliberate practice and innate ability in developing expertise: Evidence and implications

Medical Education

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 979-989

  Kulasegaram, Kulamakan M ^a   Grierson, Lawrence E M ^a   Norman, Geoffrey R ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APTITUDE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; REVIEW; SHORT TERM MEMORY; STANDARD; TASK PERFORMANCE;

APTITUDE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; INTELLIGENCE; LEARNING; MEMORY, SHORT-TERM; PHYSICIANS; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 84883692940     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12260     Document Type: Article

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