Understanding the experience of being taught by peers: The value of social and cognitive congruence

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 361-372

  Lockspeiser, Tai M ^a   O'Sullivan, Patricia ^a   Teherani, Arianne ^a   Muller, Jessica ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Curriculum; Medical student teachers; Peer teaching; Preclinical education; Tutoring; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CURRICULUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEACHING; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; MALE; PEER GROUP; QUESTIONNAIRES; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50849127497     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-006-9049-8     Document Type: Article

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