Virtual peer teaching in the gross anatomy lab: a format of peer teaching and learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT: Background: Peer teaching is a powerful educational tool utilized in medical school curricula. Previously, first year medical students taught their peers about the gross anatomical structures they had dissected in the anatomy lab. While this strategy provided an opportunity for students to learn from one another, there were unintended outcomes including difficulty engaging all students. Considering these observations, along with needing to limit student numbers in the lab due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, a strategy was developed where students could conduct their anatomy peer teaching in a virtual environment. The goal was to establish an effective and efficient means for students to teach and learn from one another virtually. Methods: Students, workin

SUBMITTER: Hielscher AC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10126730 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature