The role of students as teachers: Four years' experience of a large-scale, peer-led programme

Medical Teacher

Volumn 32, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 547-551

  Batchelder, Andrew J ^a   Rodrigues, Charlene M C ^a   Lin, Li Ying ^a   Hickey, Peter M ^a   Johnson, Christopher ^a   Elias, Joshua E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; METHODOLOGY; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF EVALUATION; STATISTICS; TEACHING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL, UNDERGRADUATE; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; PERCEPTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SELF-ASSESSMENT; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 77955010953     PISSN: 0142159X     EISSN: 1466187X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0142159X.2010.490861     Document Type: Article

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