Making the most of continuing medical education: Evidence of transformative learning during a course in evidence-based medicine and decision making

Journal of Continuing Education in the Health Professions

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 102-109

  Sokol, Randi G ^a   Shaughnessy, Allen F ^b  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuing; Education; Educational; Evidence based medicine; Learning; Models; Qualitative research; Transformative learning

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LEARNING THEORY; MALE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORALITY; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH;

EID: 85053901409     PISSN: 08941912     EISSN: 1554558X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEH.0000000000000199     Document Type: Article

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