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How Doctors Think and Learn

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Overview

  • Reviews the theoretical basis for professional education and training in the medical domain

  • Details models for skill acquisition and tacit knowledge retention

  • Covers Bloom's and Krathwohl’s taxonomy

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Table of contents (18 chapters)

  1. Literature Review

  2. Synthesis

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About this book

This book describes the theoretical basis for the acquisition; development and refining of professional medical skills from entry level into professional training to those developing specialist expertise. Chapters review the presently available literature on educational theory, the cognitive processes underpinning memory and learning, skill acquisition, competence and assessment and reflection. A synthesis is also presented on why a particular theoretical foundation model of professional skill acquisition should be adopted based on the current understanding of traditional educational theory, theories of cognitive development and neurophysiology.  

How Doctors Think and Learn details the theoretical basis for acquiring and developing professional medical skills and is an essential resource for all those who deliver medical education, training and professional development.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Head of Clinical Governance and General Medical Council Suitable Person, Gibraltar Health Authority, St Bernard’s Hospital, Gibraltar, Gibraltar

    Derek Burke

About the author

Derek Burke is currently the Suitable Person and Head of Clinical Governance at Gibraltar Health Authority which runs St Bernard’s Hospital and Ocean Views Mental Health Hospital, in the British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar. He was formerly Consultant in Paediatric Emergency Medicine, Medical Director and Responsible Officer at Sheffield Children's Hospital, as well as part of the Executive Board of the Hospital. Prof. Burke was appointed an  Honorary Chair at Sheffield Hallam University in 2013.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: How Doctors Think and Learn

  • Authors: Derek Burke

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-46279-6

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Education, Education (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46278-9Published: 11 August 2020

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-46281-9Published: 12 August 2021

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-46279-6Published: 10 August 2020

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVII, 186

  • Number of Illustrations: 65 b/w illustrations, 11 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Medical Education

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