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Journal of General Internal Medicine
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine 2/2017

01-02-2017 | Editorial

Seeing Wisely

Authors: Daniel J. Wheeler, MD, Kip Mihara, MD, Joe Chiovaro, MD

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 2/2017

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There is no replacement in medicine for seeing with your own eyes. Years after leaving the anatomy lab, we still may recall the course of the vagus nerve by visualizing our medical school cadaver. Likewise, the silvery, scaling plaques of psoriasis or the stigmata of liver disease are never quite as memorable as when first seen at the bedside. Indeed, the cognitive theory of multimedia learning suggests something that medical educators have known for decades: learners process verbal and pictorial content via different pathways, and may benefit from a combination of text and visual-based information.1 , 2 …
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Metadata
Title
Seeing Wisely
Authors
Daniel J. Wheeler, MD
Kip Mihara, MD
Joe Chiovaro, MD
Publication date
01-02-2017
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 2/2017
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-016-3933-6

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