Pimping: perspectives of 4th year medical students.

Pimping: perspectives of 4th year medical students.

Wear Delese; Kokinova Margarita; Keck-McNulty Cynthia; Aultman Julie

Teaching and learning in medicine

2005

2005

BACKGROUND: A well-known phenomenon among U.S. medical students known as pimping, or the pedagogical device of questioning students in the clinical setting, receives virtually no attention in medical literature. PURPOSE: Identifying 4th-year medical students' relevant knowledge and attitudes about pimping may help educators understand the range of beliefs about pimping and the role it plays in the socialization process into the medical community. METHODS: Over a

*Clinical Clerkship; *Education; *Students; Attitudes; Clinical Competence; Health Knowledge; Humans; Internship and Residency; Interprofessional Relations; Medical; Practice; Undergraduate; United States

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