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Developing Medical Students as Educators: A Course Applying Teaching and Learning Theory to Question Writing

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There is a need for formal students-as-teachers education with authentic application. We report on a course that teaches and models effective educational theory. Students applied theory by writing questions with answer explanations which were incorporated into an online educational platform used by first-year medical students.

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  1. Department of Medical Education, University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Brook A. Hubner

  2. Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine, Birmingham, AL, USA

    Jeremey Walker

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Hubner, B.A., Walker, J. Developing Medical Students as Educators: A Course Applying Teaching and Learning Theory to Question Writing. Med.Sci.Educ. 33, 1455–1457 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40670-023-01910-z

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