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Using insights from cognitive science for the teaching of clinical skills: AMEE Guide No. 155
Dario Cecilio-Fernandes1, Rakesh Patel2, John Sandars3
1Department of Medical Psychology and Psychiatry, School of Medical Sciences, University of Campinas, Campinas, Brazil.
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Students have to develop a wide variety of clinical skills, from cannulation to advanced life support, prior to entering clinical practice. An important challenge for health professions' educators is the implementation of strategies for effectively supporting students in their acquisition of different types of clinical skills and also to minimize skill decay over time. Cognitive science provides a unified approach that can inform how to maximize clinical skill acquisition and also minimize skill decay. The Guide discusses the nature of expertise and mastery development, the key insights from cognitive science for clinical skill development and skill retention, how these insights can be practically applied and integrated with current approaches used in clinical skills teaching.
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