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Medical students' epistemological beliefs: Implications for curriculum

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posted on 2023-05-19, 02:21 authored by Assenheimer, D, Knox, K, Nadarajah, VD, Craig ZimitatCraig Zimitat

Background: Epistemological beliefs have a pervasive influence on learning and practice. Understanding these beliefs and how they develop, could play an important role in medical student training and shape later clinical practice.

Methods: The epistemological beliefs of first-year medical students from an Australian and Malaysian university were explored using a domain-specific instrument.

Results: There were significant differences between the disciplinary epistemological beliefs of Australian and Malaysian medical students across many items, and two specific factors (Certainty of Knowledge and Justification for Knowing).

Discussion: These findings have potential implications for teaching in biomedical disciplines and adaptation of Western curriculum innovations in Eastern educational contexts. Further work is needed to confirm and understand any epistemological differences and subsequent implications for learning and teaching in medicine.

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Publication title

Education for Health

Volume

29

Pagination

107-112

ISSN

1469-5804

Department/School

Tasmanian School of Medicine

Publisher

Wolter Kluwer-Medknow

Place of publication

United Kingdom

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Copyright 2016 Education for Health

Repository Status

  • Open

Socio-economic Objectives

Teaching and curriculum not elsewhere classified

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