Medical students as medical educators: Opportunities for skill development in the absence of formal training programs

Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine

Volumn 84, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 205-209

  Peluso, Michael J ^a   Hafler, Janet P ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical competence; Educational models; Graduate medical education; Internship and residency; Learning; Medical students; Peer group; Professional competence; Skill development; Student teaching; Teaching; Undergraduate medical education

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; EDUCATION PROGRAM; FACULTY PRACTICE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; TEACHING; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; MEDICAL SCHOOL; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PEER REVIEW;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; PEER REVIEW; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 84856364376     PISSN: 00440086     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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