Knowledge is not enough to solve the problems – The role of diagnostic knowledge in clinical reasoning activities

Abstract Background Clinical reasoning is a key competence in medicine. There is a lack of knowledge, how non-experts like medical students solve clinical problems. It is known that they have difficulties applying conceptual knowledge to clinical cases, that they lack metacognitive awareness and tha...

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Main Authors: Jan Kiesewetter, Rene Ebersbach, Nike Tsalas, Matthias Holzer, Ralf Schmidmaier, Martin R. Fischer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2016-11-01
Series:BMC Medical Education
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12909-016-0821-z