title: Cognition and expertise: acquisition of medical competence.
abstract: The cognitive study of expertise in knowledge domains has generated a great deal of knowledge that can be used in the education and training of health care providers. This research has looked at the development and characteristics of expert performance. Design of medical and health education systems that are informed by this research can be powerful tools to improve the quality of medical education.
authors.affiliation: Cognitive Studies in Medicine: Centre for Medical Education, McGill University, Montreal, Que. patel@hebb.psych.mcgill.ca
authors.forename: V L
authors.initials: VL
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Glaser
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Arocha
mesh_terms: D003071:Cognition; D003662:Decision Theory; D004501:Education, Medical; D019359:Knowledge; D011361:Professional Competence