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The importance of role modelling in student learning
Burgess, Oates and Goulston (2015) explored role modelling. They viewed this phenomenon as an aspect of the ‘hidden curriculum.’ They studied medical students opinions of ideal attributes of clinical tutors as role models. Students completed an online questionnaire that contained Likert scale and free text questions. The authors found that clinical skills and knowledge, personality […]
Patients as teachers: promoting their authentic and autonomous voices
Towle and Godolphin (2015) describe the role of the patient as an educator. They discuss the inconsistencies in the language used to describe and discuss ‘non-professionals’ involved with education of health profession students. They suggest the language currently used generates strong emotions within different groups. They use the word patient to encompasse the different terms […]