Lessons on resilience: Learning to manage complexity

Perspectives on Medical Education

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 133-135

  Cristancho, Sayra ^a  

^a WESTERN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Complex Situation; Conceptual Tool; Intuitive Manner; Medical Education; System Engineering

Indexed keywords

EID: 85007315767     PISSN: 22122761     EISSN: 2212277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40037-016-0277-1     Document Type: Note

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