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Highway spotters and traffic controllers: further reflections on complexity
Author(s) -
Regehr Glenn
Publication year - 2011
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.1365-2923.2011.04007.x
Subject(s) - scholarship , columbia university , library science , citation , curriculum , sociology , media studies , political science , law , computer science
Norman’s essay on ‘Chaos, complexity and complicatedness’ in this issue of Medical Education offers an eloquent description of the reductionist position in medical education. The author’s argument is articulate and provides an impressive set of elaborations and clarifications regarding several scientific concepts that I and others have invoked in recent discussions on the epistemologies of medical education research. The examples of research cited in the essay are indeed convincing evidence of the areas in which the reductionist model is particularly strong for evolving theory and transferable laws.