" ... based on invited contributions to a Symposium on Medical Education sponsored by the Postgraduate Medical Education Unit of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Hong Kong. This was held from 1-3 December, 1988 at the Aberdeen Boat Club in HongKong."--Pref. p. xi.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents
Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contributors and Symposium Participants; IDENTIFICATION OF PROBLEMS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION; Ch. 1 Changing Concepts in Clinical Education: The Case for a Theory / John I Balla; PROBLEM 1: DIFFICULTIES OF INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE; Ch. 2 Institutional Learning and the Integration of Knowledge / John B Biggs; Ch. 3 The Role of Context in Elaborated Learning / Colin R Coles; PROBLEM 2: THE UNCERTAINTIES OF THE CLINICAL PROCESS; Ch. 4 On the Psychology of Clinical Decision Making: What is a Rational Expectation? / Arthur S Elstein.
Summary
The purpose of this book is to develop the beginnings of a suitable theoretical framework for medical education which could be taken as a model for education in the other clinical professions.
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