Teaching Critical Thinking in the Context of Substance Abuse in a Psychiatry Clerkship.

Regan-Smith, Martha G.; West, Donald A.

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Publication Date: 1990

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Teaching Critical Thinking in the Context of Substance Abuse in a Psychiatry Clerkship.

Regan-Smith, Martha G.; West, Donald A.

Academic Medicine, v65 n2 p89 Feb 1990

The article describes an elective course, part of the required psychiatry clerkship, at Dartmouth Medical School (New Hampshire), which stresses development of critical thinking skills in the diagnosis and management of patients with substance abuse and related medical and psychiatric complications. (Author/DB)

Descriptors: Clinical Diagnosis, Critical Thinking, Higher Education, Medical Education, Medical Evaluation, Medical Services, Medical Students, Psychiatry, Substance Abuse

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Language: English

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