Learning to manage complexity through simulation: students’ challenges and possible strategies

Perspectives on Medical Education

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 138-146

  Gormley, Gerard J ^a   Fenwick, Tara ^b  

^a QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complexity; Medical students; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85020370656     PISSN: 22122761     EISSN: 2212277X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40037-016-0275-3     Document Type: Article

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