What are threshold concepts and how can they inform medical education?

Medical Teacher

Volumn 38, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 850-853

  Neve, Hilary ^a   Wearn, Andy ^b   Collett, Tracey ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH UNIVERSITY PENINSULA SCHOOLS OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRICULUM; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; TEACHING;

CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; LEARNING; PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; TEACHING;

EID: 84948155450     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2015.1112889     Document Type: Article

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