Simulation Teaching Associates: a Model Utilizing Senior Medical Students as Simulation Educators

Student-as-teacher programs have become commonplace in undergraduate medical education over the past 15 years. Recognizing the important role of medical students as teachers, we created an innovative Simulation Teaching Associate elective to improve the quality and consistency of simulation education and to encourage and support medical students as future educators.

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Student-as-teacher programs have become common in undergraduate medical education. The Simulation Teaching Associate elective was created to enhance simulation education, encourage medical students as future educators, and improve the quality and consistency of teaching.