How to improve the teaching of clinical reasoning: A narrative review and a proposal

Medical Education

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 961-973

  Schmidt, Henk G ^a   Mamede, Sílvia ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL MEDICINE; DECISION MAKING; EDUCATION; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TEACHING; VERBAL COMMUNICATION;

CLINICAL MEDICINE; DECISION MAKING; NARRATION; TEACHING;

EID: 84942056867     PISSN: 03080110     EISSN: 13652923     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/medu.12775     Document Type: Review

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