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. 2023 Oct 27;33(6):1533-1538.
doi: 10.1007/s40670-023-01928-3. eCollection 2023 Dec.

Clerkship Chiefs: Introducing Students to the Role of Physician Educator

Vicki R McKinney  1 , Prashant P Patel  2 , Melissa H Olken  3 , Amy E Bailey  4 , Mary T Bond  5
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Clerkship Chiefs: Introducing Students to the Role of Physician Educator

Vicki R McKinney et al. Med Sci Educ. .

Abstract

As a Clerkship Chief, senior medical students prepare for future roles as physician leaders and future medical educators. The Clerkship Chief elective offers senior students an opportunity to work with junior students on their core clerkships. Chiefs assume an educational leadership role as they mentor and provide supplemental formative feedback to junior students in real time. As educators, Chiefs answer questions, prepare study materials and didactics, and assist clerkship students with time management. This early experience and behind-the-scenes view of medical education may influence attitudes and decisions of senior students in pursuit of education leadership.

Keywords: EPAs; Elective; Medical educator; Peer feedback; Peer leadership; Peer support.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of InterestThe authors declare no competing interests.

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Steps to creating a Clerkship Chief elective
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