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Tropical Medicine Open Learning Environment

Tropical Medicine Open Learning Environment

Geraldine Clarebout, Jan Elen, Joost Lowyck, Jef Van den Ende, Erwin Van den Enden
Copyright: © 2009 |Pages: 5
ISBN13: 9781605661988|ISBN10: 1605661988|EISBN13: 9781605661995
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch318
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Clarebout, Geraldine, et al. "Tropical Medicine Open Learning Environment." Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition, edited by Patricia L. Rogers, et al., IGI Global, 2009, pp. 2155-2159. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch318

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Clarebout, G., Elen, J., Lowyck, J., Van den Ende, J., & Van den Enden, E. (2009). Tropical Medicine Open Learning Environment. In P. Rogers, G. Berg, J. Boettcher, C. Howard, L. Justice, & K. Schenk (Eds.), Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition (pp. 2155-2159). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch318

Chicago

Clarebout, Geraldine, et al. "Tropical Medicine Open Learning Environment." In Encyclopedia of Distance Learning, Second Edition, edited by Patricia L. Rogers, et al., 2155-2159. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2009. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-60566-198-8.ch318

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Abstract

Educational goals have generally shifted from knowing everything in a specific domain to knowing how to deal with complex problems. Reasoning and information- processing skills have become more important than the sheer amount of information memorized. In medical education, the same evolution has occurred. Diagnostic reasoning processes get more strongly emphasized. Whereas previously knowing all symptoms and diseases was stressed, reasoning skills have now become educationally more important. They must enable professionals to distinguish between differential diagnoses and to recognize patterns of illnesses (e.g., Myers & Dorsey, 1994).

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