August 29, 2019Medical Education85 citationsOpen Access

Critical thinking, biases and dual processing: The enduring myth of generalisable skills

SMSandra Monteiro JSJonathan Sherbino MSMatthew Sibbald

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The myth of general thinking skills persists, despite the lack of evidence. Progress in medical education is more likely to arise from devising strategies to improve the breadth and depth of experiential knowledge.

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synapsesocial.com/papers/69d6c810639f29d8dcab3227 https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1111/medu.13872

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