Vertical versus lateral thinking.

Full Abstract

Traditional medical training may actually impede a physician's ability to solve complex problems because it is based on vertical, linear and traditional thinking.

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Author/s: Hernandez, James S (JS); Varkey, Prathibha (P);

Affiliation: Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA. hernandez.james(-atsign-)mayo.edu

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Journal Article

Journal: Physician executive (Physician Exec), published in United States. (Language: eng)

Reference: -2008 May-Jun; vol 34 (issue 3) : pp 26-8

Dates: Created 2008/07/07; Completed 2008/07/30;

PMID: 18605267, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 11/6/2008)

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