ERIC Number: EJ874525
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
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Near-Peer Role Modeling: The Fledgling Scholars Education Paradigm
Singh, Satendra
Anatomical Sciences Education, v3 n1 p50-51 Jan-Feb 2010
Peer-assisted learning as "de rigueur" is reverberating in medical institutions around the world. Anatomy classroom activities are challenging and different, and the stressful environment of dissection rooms poses a greater challenge than what can be addressed through peer-assisted learning. It is here that "near-peer role modeling" is not only likely to be more useful, both to the students as well as their near-peer teachers, but also holds the answer to the worsening faculty shortage in anatomy education.
Descriptors: Medical Education, Class Activities, Learning Activities, Anatomy, Teaching Methods, Role Models, Teacher Shortage, Scholarship, Higher Education, Undergraduate Study, Peer Teaching, Tutoring
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Opinion Papers
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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