# Dynamic Opportunities for Medical Students to Assume the Roles of “Medical Teacher”

## TL;DR

This paper explores ways to prepare medical students for teaching roles by offering diverse educational opportunities.

## Contribution

The paper introduces a range of teaching opportunities to develop medical students as future clinician educators.

## Key findings

- Teaching opportunities are offered at various levels of the curriculum.
- These opportunities include course-based learning and longitudinal electives.
- They aim to foster students' development as future teachers.

## Abstract

The traditional undergraduate medical education curriculum focuses on bolstering knowledge for practice and building clinical skills. However, as future clinicians, medical students will be tasked with teaching throughout their careers, first as residents and then as attendings. Here, we describe teaching opportunities for students that foster their development as future teachers and potential clinician educators. These offerings are diverse in their focus and duration and are offered across various levels of the curriculum — including course-based learning, longitudinal electives, and extra-curricular opportunities for medical students who have a passion for teaching.