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Understanding Clinical Teachers: Looking Beyond Assessment Scores

Author: Thomas J. Beckman, MD

Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine | Issue 12/2010

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Good clinical teachers have a profound impact on physicians’ careers. Effective teachers influence medical students’ decisions to enter Internal Medicine.1,2 Our own teachers left lasting impressions: we still hear their encouraging words when interacting with learners. Indeed, doctor means teacher,3 and physicians promise to pass their knowledge of medicine to the next generation.4 …

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Title: Understanding Clinical Teachers: Looking Beyond Assessment Scores
Author: Thomas J. Beckman, MD
Publication date: 01-12-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Journal of General Internal Medicine / Issue 12/2010
Print ISSN: 0884-8734
Electronic ISSN: 1525-1497
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-010-1479-6

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