Journal article
A literature review on observational learning for medical motor skills and anesthesia teaching
Abstract
Motor skill practice is very important to improve performance of medical procedures and could be enhanced by observational practice. Observational learning could be particularly important in the medical field considering that patients’ safety prevails over students’ training. The mechanism of observational learning is based on the mirror neuron system, originally discovered in the monkey pre-motor cortex. Today we know that humans have a …
Authors
Cordovani L; Cordovani D
Journal
Advances in Health Sciences Education, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 1113–1121
Publisher
Springer Nature
Publication Date
December 2016
DOI
10.1007/s10459-015-9646-5
ISSN
1382-4996