The first phase of medical expertise development is accumulation of causal knowledge about disease and its consequences¶

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Subclaims¶

q1 i? The first phase of expertise development is characterized by accumulation of causal knowledge about disease and its consequences. → Schmidt 1993

Evidence¶

Schmidt 1993¶

Schmidt, H.G., Boshuizen, H.P.A. (1993). On acquiring expertise in medicine. Educational Psychology Review 5. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01323044

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

Theoretical statement of the theory's first phase, presented in the article's abstract as part of "a new theory of expertise development in medicine and the empirical evidence available." No empirical data are reported in the available text.

"The first phase is characterized by the accumulation of causal knowledge about disease and its consequences."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Long-Term Memory — outcome: instruction changes it

Related Claims¶

• Biomedical causal knowledge improves novice diagnostic accuracy on difficult cases with irrelevant findings — related
• The third phase of expertise development uses episodic memories of actual patients in diagnosing new cases — related