Shame, guilt, and the medical learner: Ignored connections and why we should care

Medical Education

Volumn 48, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1045-1054

  Bynum, William E ^a   Goodie, Jeffrey L ^b  

^a FORT BELVOIR COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; EMOTION; EMPATHY; GUILT; HUMAN; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL ERROR; SHAME; TEACHING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EMOTIONS; EMPATHY; GUILT; HUMANS; LEARNING; MEDICAL ERRORS; SHAME; TEACHING;

EID: 84907865656     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12521     Document Type: Article

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