Acquisition and maintenance of medical expertise: A perspective from the expert-performance approach with deliberate practice

Academic Medicine

Volumn 90, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1471-1486

  Ericsson, K Anders ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MASS COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; TRENDS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COMPETENCY-BASED EDUCATION; CURRICULUM; DIFFUSION OF INNOVATION; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, EDUCATIONAL;

EID: 84945486707     PISSN: 10402446     EISSN: 1938808X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ACM.0000000000000939     Document Type: Review

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