Student-led peer review of an online teaching file: perspectives after 2 years.

Student-led peer review of an online teaching file: perspectives after 2 years. Med Educ Online. 2021 Dec;26(1):1843356 Authors: Bozung BR, Houston K, Lilly JF, Jordan SG, Fordham LA, Beck Dallaghan G Abstract PROBLEM: Opportunities for self-directed learning were missing from our medical school curriculum in general and on our radiology electives specifically. Our objective was to explore the feasibility and benefits of using medical students in the development of our student-created teaching files. APPROACH: In 2018, a website was developed at our institution to support medical student radiology education and create a repository for the online publication of student-developed teaching cases. Students participating in radiology clerkships at our institution had an opportunity to submit case presentations for publication to our online teaching file following peer review. The medical students participated in the peer review process facilitated by the faculty director of radiology undergraduate medical education. The faculty member oversaw the training of new student editors and the development of a peer review guide. OUTCOMES: The peer review guide included goals of the teaching file project and direction regarding the peer review process. Student editors were trained using the peer review guide in conjunction with individual meetings with the faculty mentor. At twenty-four months, 82 student-developed cases had been p...
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