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ArticleGMS journal for medical education2018

On center field or at the sidelines? - A plea for a multimodal approach between medical schools and medical student communities while integrating international medical students.

Timo Astfalk, Danmei Zhang, Ricardo Patricio Pérez Anderson, Obada T Alhalabi, Henrike Schulze

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Article in GMS journal for medical education, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors.

Timo AstfalkUniversity Medical Center Rostock, Rostock, Germany.
Danmei ZhangLudwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
Ricardo Patricio Pérez AndersonLudwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany.
Obada T AlhalabiUniversity of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Henrike SchulzeMedizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An increasing number of medical schools offer support services for international students. Their frequent focus on linguistic and academic support often reflects a rather deficit-oriented perception of international medical students. Therefore, this comment advocates a stronger focus on the integration into the local medical student communities. This happens both against the background of the expected academic benefits and the added value of intercultural learning at medical schools.

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InternationalitySocial SupportEducation, Medical, UndergraduateHumansSchools, MedicalSocial NetworkingStudents, MedicalUniversitiescultural diversitycurriculum developmentintegrationInternational medical studentssocial learning

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PMID30637325
PMCPMC6326408

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