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The doctor as an expert: apprentice, journeyman or master

Jeffrey CL Looi and Choong-Siew Yong
Med J Aust 2017; 207 (4) || doi: 10.5694/mja17.00255
Published online: 21 August 2017

A commitment to understanding and improving medical expertise is fundamental to training, practice and evaluation of doctors’ performance

 

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  • 1 Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
  • 2 University of Melbourne, Melbourne, VIC
  • 3 Infant, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service, South Western Sydney Local Health District, Sydney, NSW


Correspondence: jeffrey.looi@anu.edu.au

Competing interests:

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