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Students as teachers

Benjamin I Silbert, Stephanie JP Lam, Robert D Henderson and Fiona R Lake
Med J Aust 2013; 199 (3) || doi: 10.5694/mja12.10970
Published online: 5 August 2013

Students who learn to teach effectively may facilitate other students' learning and their own

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  • 1 Western Australian Medical Students’ Society, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.
  • 2 School of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA.



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