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Medical Students as Educators: Addressing Teaching Skills Through a Pre-clerkship Development Group

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In medicine, effective teaching is requisite for both successful patient care and trainee development. However, opportunities for medical students to gain exposure to pedagogical principles and hone teaching skills are currently limited. Our initiative provides avenues for medical students to intentionally develop their teaching skill set from an early stage.

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  1. Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University, 1151 Richmond St, London, ON, N6A 5C1, Canada

    Joshua A. Jesin, Asaanth Sivajohan, Majid Gasim, Nikita Ollen-Bittle & Amrit Kirpalani

  2. Division of Paediatric Nephrology, Children’s Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre, 800 Commissioners Rd E, London, ON, N6A 5W9, Canada

    Amrit Kirpalani

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Jesin, J.A., Sivajohan, A., Gasim, M. et al. Medical Students as Educators: Addressing Teaching Skills Through a Pre-clerkship Development Group. Med.Sci.Educ. 33, 1039–1041 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-023-01881-1

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