Journal article
The roles of deliberate practice and innate ability in developing expertise: evidence and implications
Abstract
CONTEXT: Medical education research focuses extensively on experience and deliberate practice (DP) as key factors in the development of expert performance. The research on DP minimises the role of individual ability in expert performance. This claim ignores a large body of research supporting the importance of innate individual cognitive differences. We review the relationship between DP and an innate individual ability, working memory (WM) …
Authors
Kulasegaram KM; Grierson LEM; Norman GR
Journal
Medical Education, Vol. 47, No. 10, pp. 979–989
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
October 2013
DOI
10.1111/medu.12260
ISSN
0308-0110