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ERIC Number: EJ456735
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1992
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Reference Count: 0
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ISSN: ISSN-0195-2242
Harnessing Implicit Knowing to Improve Medical Practice.
Boreham, Nicholas C.
New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education, n55 p71-78 Fall 1992
Three kinds of implicit knowledge are (1) unconscious and nonverbalizable, stemming from familiarity with environment; (2) conscious but nonverbalizable (feeling-sense); and (3) unstated conscious and verbalizable (hidden assumptions). Implicit knowing makes its main contribution at the initial stages of problem solving. (SK)
Descriptors: Knowledge Level, Medical Education, Problem Solving, Professional Continuing Education, Stimuli
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Expertise; Implicit Knowledge