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Stephens, G. C., Sarkar, M., & Lazarus, M. D. (2022). ‘A whole lot of uncertainty’: A qualitative study exploring clinical medical students’ experiences of uncertainty stimuli. Medical Education, 56(7), 736–746.
The article opens up with a review of the current research on Uncertainty Tolerance and a review of the existing research on the subject related to students in medical educational contexts. This qualitative study looks at the different types of uncertainty described by medical students in interviews and categorizes them into various forms of uncertainty…
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Rittel, H. W. J., & Webber, M. M. (1973). Dilemmas in a general theory of planning. Policy Sciences, 4(2), 155–169.
This article lays out all of the uncertainty implicit in a certainty kind of problem. The author’s describe ‘Wicked Problems’. These problems do not lend themselves to linear problem solving techniques. There are ten ‘rules’ for a wicked problem, here I’ll include a section from rule 3. Solutions to wicked problems are not true-or-false, but…
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Jennifer A. Gundlach, (2006) “This is a Courtroom, Not a Classroom: So What is the Role of the Clinical Supervisor?” 13:1 Clinical L Rev 279
“Feelings of uncertainty, confusion and sheer inexperience can only be overcome when one is forced to make quick judgment calls and quick decisions. The real learning begins when you are confronted with the consequences of those hasty decisions. Sometimes the consequences are positive, and sometimes they are negative. It is the thought process of sorting…
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Elizabeth Curran, (2018) “Social Justice – Making It Come Alive and a Reality for Student, and Enabling Them to become Engaged Future Ethical Practitioners” 27:2 Nottingham LJ 33
It raises the idea that uncertainty is a reality in clinical legal education and that somehow exposure is the way to address it. I had a hard time finding any actual method or approach to deal head on with uncertainty as a phenomenon in this literature. Maybe it exists and I haven’t found it. Elizabeth…