Faculty Benefits From Medical Student Learning Communities: A Junior and Senior Faculty Members’ Perspectives

Medical school learning communities have many benefits for students. In this perspective, the authors briefly describe how learning communities have benefited them as faculty. These include finding other like-minded faculty, improving communication and clinical skills, career advancement through sch...

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Main Authors: Thuy L Ngo, Mark Whipple
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2019-02-01
Series:Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2382120519827887
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description Medical school learning communities have many benefits for students. In this perspective, the authors briefly describe how learning communities have benefited them as faculty. These include finding other like-minded faculty, improving communication and clinical skills, career advancement through scholarly work associated with the learning community, and above all, developing mutually beneficial relationships with students. Here, they offer viewpoints from junior and senior faculty members on how the learning community has positively affected them.
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spelling doaj.art-9691d47f5a034ec59c1ef6cffe1ceade2022-12-22T03:01:32ZengSAGE PublishingJournal of Medical Education and Curricular Development2382-12052019-02-01610.1177/2382120519827887Faculty Benefits From Medical Student Learning Communities: A Junior and Senior Faculty Members’ PerspectivesThuy L Ngo0Mark Whipple1School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USASchool of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USAMedical school learning communities have many benefits for students. In this perspective, the authors briefly describe how learning communities have benefited them as faculty. These include finding other like-minded faculty, improving communication and clinical skills, career advancement through scholarly work associated with the learning community, and above all, developing mutually beneficial relationships with students. Here, they offer viewpoints from junior and senior faculty members on how the learning community has positively affected them.https://doi.org/10.1177/2382120519827887
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