Journal article
Research in clinical reasoning: past history and current trends
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Research in clinical reasoning has been conducted for over 30 years. Throughout this time there have been a number of identifiable trends in methodology and theory.
PURPOSE: This paper identifies three broad research traditions, ordered chronologically, are: (a) attempts to understand reasoning as a general skill--the "clinical reasoning" process; (b) research based on probes of memory--reasoning related to the amount of knowledge …
Authors
Norman G
Journal
Medical Education, Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 418–427
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
April 2005
DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2929.2005.02127.x
ISSN
0308-0110