Using Scientific Articles on COVID-19 to Introduce the Nature of Scientific Knowledge to Medical Students

It has been argued that, as evidence-based medicine emerged in the 1990s, healthcare practitioners are required to partake in more intricate and elaborate cognitive processes. As a result, knowing the characteristics and constraints of scientific knowledge — i.e., an advanced understanding of the Na...

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Published in:Medical science educator 2023-10, Vol.33 (5), p.1247-1251
Main Authors: Ampatzidis, Georgios, Armeni, Anastasia
Format: Article
Language:English
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Education
Medical Education
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Summary:It has been argued that, as evidence-based medicine emerged in the 1990s, healthcare practitioners are required to partake in more intricate and elaborate cognitive processes. As a result, knowing the characteristics and constraints of scientific knowledge — i.e., an advanced understanding of the Nature of Scientific Knowledge (NOSK) — has become progressively imperative. In this paper, we discuss snapshots of the research on SARS-CoV-2 that may be used in order to illustrate aspects of NOSK to medical students and how they may be introduced within teaching interventions.
ISSN:2156-8650
2156-8650
DOI:10.1007/s40670-023-01874-0