Self-explanation in learning clinical reasoning: The added value of examples and prompts

Medical Education

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 193-202

  Chamberland, Martine ^a   Mamede, Sílvia ^b,c   St Onge, Christina ^a   Setrakian, Jean ^a   Bergeron, Linda ^a   Schmidt, Henk ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANADA; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CLINICAL EDUCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROBLEM BASED LEARNING; PROCEDURES; QUEBEC; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

CLINICAL CLERKSHIP; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBLEM-BASED LEARNING; QUEBEC; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84921466480     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12623     Document Type: Article

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