Medical students as peer tutors: A systematic review

BMC Medical Education

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Burgess, Annette ^a   McGregor, Deborah ^a   Mellis, Craig ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HUMAN; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL STUDENT; PEER GROUP; PROCEDURES; TEACHING;

EDUCATION, MEDICAL; HUMANS; PEER GROUP; STUDENTS, MEDICAL; TEACHING;

EID: 84903817146     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6920-14-115     Document Type: Review

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