Journal article
A cognitive perspective on medical expertise
Abstract
A new theory of the development of expertise in medicine is outlined. Contrary to existing views, this theory assumes that expertise is not so much a matter of superior reasoning skills or in-depth knowledge of pathophysiological states as it is based on cognitive structures that describe the features of prototypical or even actual patients. These cognitive structures, referred to as "illness scripts," contain relatively little knowledge about …
Authors
Schmidt HG; Norman GR; Boshuizen HP
Journal
Academic Medicine, Vol. 65, No. 10, pp. 611–621
Publisher
Wolters Kluwer
Publication Date
10 1990
DOI
10.1097/00001888-199010000-00001
ISSN
1040-2446