Trust the voice within
BMJ 2005; 331 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/sbmj.0509334 (Published 01 September 2005) Cite this as: BMJ 2005;331:0509334- Allan B Lee, final year medical student1,
- Kelvin Lim, final year medical student2
- 1University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
- 2University of Melbourne
Have you ever been frustrated that you have stayed up late to cover all the possible mechanisms, management, and the psychosocial issues for your tutorial, only to utter “I agree” at the height of the discussion?
Gone are the days when the only formal teaching occurred in large lecture theatres, where medical students could remain inconspicuous for the whole duration of the lecture. Those who sit in the first two rows were the self appointed oracles for the rest of the students, and they seemed to know every single answer to the questions thrown by the lecturer.
With the introduction of problem based, self directed styles of learning in the medical curriculums …
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