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International electives in the final year of German medical school education – a student's perspective
The final year of medical school has a unique role for introducing students to their future responsibilities and challenges. At many medical schools, electives at an accredited institution abroad are a common part of the student’s final year experience. International electives provide an opportunity...
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German Medical Science GMS Publishing House
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4152990/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25228928 http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/zma000918 |
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author | Ebrahimi-Fakhari, Darius Agrawal, Mridul Wahlster, Lara |
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description | The final year of medical school has a unique role for introducing students to their future responsibilities and challenges. At many medical schools, electives at an accredited institution abroad are a common part of the student’s final year experience. International electives provide an opportunity for a personal and academic experience that will often create new perspectives on clinical medicine and research, medical education and healthcare policy. In this article the authors reflect on their experience as elective students abroad and discuss the contribution of international electives to the constant development and progress of local final year rotations. They identify key areas for improving final year electives and outline essential features for a valuable and successful final year elective. |
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spelling | pubmed-41529902014-09-16 International electives in the final year of German medical school education – a student's perspective Ebrahimi-Fakhari, Darius Agrawal, Mridul Wahlster, Lara GMS Z Med Ausbild Article The final year of medical school has a unique role for introducing students to their future responsibilities and challenges. At many medical schools, electives at an accredited institution abroad are a common part of the student’s final year experience. International electives provide an opportunity for a personal and academic experience that will often create new perspectives on clinical medicine and research, medical education and healthcare policy. In this article the authors reflect on their experience as elective students abroad and discuss the contribution of international electives to the constant development and progress of local final year rotations. They identify key areas for improving final year electives and outline essential features for a valuable and successful final year elective. German Medical Science GMS Publishing House 2014-08-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4152990/ /pubmed/25228928 http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/zma000918 Text en Copyright © 2014 Ebrahimi-Fakhari et al. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). You are free to copy, distribute and transmit the work, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Article Ebrahimi-Fakhari, Darius Agrawal, Mridul Wahlster, Lara International electives in the final year of German medical school education – a student's perspective |
title | International electives in the final year of German medical school education – a student's perspective |
title_full | International electives in the final year of German medical school education – a student's perspective |
title_fullStr | International electives in the final year of German medical school education – a student's perspective |
title_full_unstemmed | International electives in the final year of German medical school education – a student's perspective |
title_short | International electives in the final year of German medical school education – a student's perspective |
title_sort | international electives in the final year of german medical school education – a student's perspective |
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url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4152990/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25228928 http://dx.doi.org/10.3205/zma000918 |
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