Some Cognitive Components of the Diagnostic Thinking Process.

Gale, Janet

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ERIC Number: EJ264776

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Publication Date: 1982-Feb

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Some Cognitive Components of the Diagnostic Thinking Process.

Gale, Janet

British Journal of Educational Psychology, v52 pt1 p64-76 Feb 1982

Presents the results of a study of cognitive components in the diagnostic thinking process in which a content analysis of interviews between patients and clinical medical students, house officers, and graduate medical students revealed 14 categories of cognitive activity in the process. Six tables and a reference list are included. (Author/JL)

Descriptors: Classification, Clinical Diagnosis, Cognitive Processes, Content Analysis, Graduate Medical Students, Higher Education, Interviews, Medical Education, Medical Students, Patients, Psychological Studies

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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