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Inquiry: the pedagogical importance of a skill central to clinical practice
Author(s) -
BARROWS H. S.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
medical education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.776
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1365-2923
pISSN - 0308-0110
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2923.1990.tb02428.x
Subject(s) - medical education , psychology , medline , clinical practice , pedagogy , medicine , nursing , political science , law
Summary. The skill of inquiry is central to the task of the doctor confronted with a patient problem. Despite its importance this skill is not given appropriate emphasis in the education of medical students or in research concerning the clinical reasoning skills of doctors.