Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 262-264 , March 2008

Thick Versus Thin: Description Versus Classification in Learning From Case Reviews

  • Robert L. Wears, MD, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, and Clinical Safety Research Unit, Imperial College, London, UK
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress for correspondence: Robert L. Wears, MD, MS, 655 West 8th Street, Jacksonville, FL 32209; 904-244-4124, fax 904-244-4508
    • ,
  • Ben-Tzion Karsh, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI.

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 Supervising editor: Michael L. Callaham, MD

 Funding and support: By Annals policy, all authors are required to disclose any and all commercial, financial, and other relationships in any way related to the subject of this article, that might create any potential conflict of interest. The authors have stated that no such relationships exist. See the Manuscript Submission Agreement in this issue for examples of specific conflicts covered by this statement.

 Publication date: Available online October 15, 2007.

 Reprints not available from the authors.

PII: S0196-0644(07)01451-5

doi: 10.1016/j.annemergmed.2007.08.022

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 51, Issue 3 , Pages 262-264 , March 2008

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