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- Title
Use of critical incident reports in medical education. A perspective.
- Authors
Branch, Jr., William T.; Branch, William T Jr
- Abstract
Critical incident reports are now being widely used in medical education. They are short narrative accounts focusing on the most important professional experiences of medical students, residents, and other learners. As such, critical incident reports are ideally suited for addressing values and attitudes, and teaching professional development. This manuscript describes critical incident reports and gives examples of their use, provides a theoretical underpinning that explains their effectiveness, and describes the educational impacts of critical incident reports and similar methods that use reflective learning. The author recommends critical incident reports as an especially effective means to address learners' most deeply held values and attitudes in the context of their professional experiences.
- Subjects
MEDICAL education; PROFESSIONALISM; MEDICAL ethics; REPORT writing; PROFESSIONAL education; CAREER development
- Publication
JGIM: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 2005, Vol 20, Issue 11, p1063
- ISSN
0884-8734
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1525-1497.2005.00231.x