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Cognition and expertise: acquisition of medical competence
V L Patel1, R Glaser, J F Arocha
1Cognitive Studies in Medicine: Centre for Medical Education, McGill University, Montreal, Que. patel@hebb.psych.mcgill.ca
Clinical and Investigative Medicine. Medecine Clinique Et Experimentale
|September 12, 2000
Abstract:
The cognitive study of expertise in knowledge domains has generated a great deal of knowledge that can be used in the education and training of health care providers. This research has looked at the development and characteristics of expert performance. Design of medical and health education systems that are informed by this research can be powerful tools to improve the quality of medical education.