Novice and Expert Comprehensive Reasoning about Infectious Disease

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dc.contributor.advisorHammer, Daviden_US
dc.contributor.authorCathcart, Laura A.en_US
dc.contributor.departmentCurriculum and Instructionen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2008-10-11T05:52:12Z
dc.date.available2008-10-11T05:52:12Z
dc.date.issued2008-08-06en_US
dc.description.abstractInfectious disease has plagued humanity throughout history and the threat from infectious disease is still real. All healthcare providers and medical researchers need training that focuses on all components of infectious disease. Educators must help future healthcare professionals learn the value of comprehensive solutions to infectious disease problems. I have designed a case study based interview prompt to examine and describe the thought processes of novices and experts as they solve infectious disease problems. During the interviews both microbiology students (novices) and infectious disease professionals (experts) demonstrated comprehensive thinking about an infectious disease problem. This research is the first step in developing a methodology to identify comprehensive thinking about infectious disease problems. Further research will help educators to create classroom environments that encourage students to practice thinking comprehensively about infectious disease.en_US
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dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/8590
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEducation, Sciencesen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEducation, Curriculum and Instructionen_US
dc.subject.pqcontrolledEducation, Higheren_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcomprehensive thinkingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrollednovice vs. expert thinkingen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledinfectious diseaseen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledmicrobiology educationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledcase studiesen_US
dc.titleNovice and Expert Comprehensive Reasoning about Infectious Diseaseen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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