The role of peer-assisted learning in building evaluative judgement: opportunities in clinical medical education

Advances in Health Sciences Education

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 659-676

  Tai, Joanna Hong Meng ^a,c   Canny, Benedict J ^a   Haines, Terry P ^a,b   Molloy, Elizabeth K ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b SOUTHERN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Clinical placements; Evaluative judgement; Peer assisted learning

Indexed keywords

APPETITE; COMPREHENSION; DECISION MAKING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERVIEW; LEARNING; MEDICAL EDUCATION; TEACHER; TENSION; WORKPLACE; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; CONSTRUCTIVE FEEDBACK; EDUCATION; FEMALE; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; PEER GROUP; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

CLINICAL COMPETENCE; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; FEMALE; FORMATIVE FEEDBACK; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; LEARNING; MALE; PEER GROUP; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84949642626     PISSN: 13824996     EISSN: 15731677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10459-015-9659-0     Document Type: Article

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