Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contributors and Symposium Participants; IDENTIFICATION OF PROBLEMS IN MEDICAL EDUCATION; Ch. 1 Changing Concepts in Clinical Education: The Case for a Theory / John I Balla; PROBLEM 1: DIFFICULTIES OF INTEGRATION OF KNOWLEDGE; Ch. 2 Institutional Learning and the Integration of Knowledge / John B Biggs; Ch. 3 The Role of Context in Elaborated Learning / Colin R Coles; PROBLEM 2: THE UNCERTAINTIES OF THE CLINICAL PROCESS; Ch. 4 On the Psychology of Clinical Decision Making: What is a Rational Expectation? / Arthur S Elstein
Summary
The purpose of this book is to develop the beginnings of a suitable theoretical framework for medical education which could be taken as a model for education in the other clinical professions
