Motor skill learning and performance: a review of influential factors

• Published in: Medical education Vol. 44; no. 1; pp. 75 - 84
• Main Authors: Wulf, Gabriele, Shea, Charles, Lewthwaite, Rebecca
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford, UK Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2010; Wiley-Blackwell
• Subjects: Attention; Biological and medical sciences; Education, Medical - methods; Feedback, Psychological; Health participants; Humans; Medical sciences; Miscellaneous; Motor Skills; Observation; Practice (Psychology); Psychomotor Performance; Public health. Hygiene; Public health. Hygiene-occupational medicine; Acquisition process; Motor skill; Physician; Review; Motor learning; Motricity; Bibliographic review; Public health

Objectives  Findings from the contemporary psychological and movement science literature that appear to have implications for medical training are reviewed. Specifically, the review focuses on four factors that have been shown to enhance the learning of motor skills: observational practice; the lear...