Dynamic Opportunities for Medical Students to Assume the Roles of "Medical Teacher"

Chitra Kumar; Avery Miller; Aaron M Marshall; Andrew R Thompson; D J Lowrie Jr; Danielle E Weber; Matt Kelleher; Laura Malosh; Carrie Martin; Heather R Christensen

doi:10.1007/s40670-023-01969-8

Dynamic Opportunities for Medical Students to Assume the Roles of "Medical Teacher"

Med Sci Educ. 2024 Jan 25;34(2):445-454. doi: 10.1007/s40670-023-01969-8. eCollection 2024 Apr.

Authors

Chitra Kumar^#¹, Avery Miller^#¹, Aaron M Marshall^{1

2}, Andrew R Thompson^{1

2}, D J Lowrie Jr^{1

2}, Danielle E Weber^{1

3

4}, Matt Kelleher^{1

3

4}, Laura Malosh¹, Carrie Martin¹, Heather R Christensen^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ The University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH USA.
² Department of Medical Education, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267 USA.
³ Department of Pediatrics, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267 USA.
⁴ Department of Internal Medicine, 231 Albert Sabin Way, Cincinnati, OH 45267 USA.

^# Contributed equally.

Abstract

The traditional undergraduate medical education curriculum focuses on bolstering knowledge for practice and building clinical skills. However, as future clinicians, medical students will be tasked with teaching throughout their careers, first as residents and then as attendings. Here, we describe teaching opportunities for students that foster their development as future teachers and potential clinician educators. These offerings are diverse in their focus and duration and are offered across various levels of the curriculum - including course-based learning, longitudinal electives, and extra-curricular opportunities for medical students who have a passion for teaching.

Keywords: Elective; Student-teachers; Teaching; Undergraduate medical education.