Editorial
Learning to teach
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"See one, do one, teach one" is a phrase commonly used to describe the way in which doctors learn their craft. Although clearly a caricature, like many, there is an element of truth in it. In the traditional apprenticeship style of learning, students and junior doctors picked up knowledge, skills, and attitudes opportunistically on whatever patients presented. This was a largely informal process of observation and gradual assumption of tasks, often described as "learning by osmosis". As junior doctors became more experienced and climbed the hierarchy, they started to teach students or doctors more junior than themselves.
Despite the fact that educating patients and colleagues is a routine
and fundamental part of doctors' work, little if any education or
training was provided to develop this skill. A similar situation was
prevalent across higher education in the UK, where expertise in one's
subject was considered the only prerequisite for teaching it.
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