Teaching medical students in their last leg of the undergraduate journey

Abstract

Background: This short biographical piece provides a brief description of the experience of a medical teacher at the University of the West Indies in Jamaica. It traces his initial response to being chosen as a teacher and shows movement from self-doubt to assertive thinking about the role of the teacher. The development of the teacher, though buttressed by a formal training intervention, is couched within a sensitive understanding of the whole student.

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Tomlin J. Paul

TOMLIN J. PAUL is a Lecturer in the Department of Community Health and Psychiatry at the University of the West Indies, Jamaica. He is also the coordinator of the medical undergraduate teaching programme. His research interests include student learning and the medical curriculum.