How Biomedical Misconceptions May Arise and Affect Medical Students׳ Learning: A Review of Theoretical Perspectives and Empirical Evidence

The debate on whether biomedical knowledge contributes significantly to the clinical reasoning process is on-going. Despite this debate, one cannot underestimate that subjects such as anatomy and physiology play a key role in the understanding of the human body. Misconceptions that exist or arise in...

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Main Authors: Elmi Badenhorst, Nadia Hartman, Sílvia Mamede
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-06-01
Series:Health Professions Education
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2452301116300050