McKechnie, DGJ;
Shashidhara, A;
Houston, P;
Gill, D;
Dilworth, P;
(2019)
No such thing as a free lunch?
The Clinical Teacher
, 16
(2)
pp. 138-141.
10.1111/tct.12788.
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Abstract
Background: High‐quality, out‐of‐classroom interactions between students and teachers help to develop communities of learning. In medicine, they contribute to the professionalisation of students. / Methods: We designed a novel student–faculty member lunch scheme for first‐year medical students at our institution. Students received a free lunch in groups of six with a faculty member ‘hosting’ and paying for lunch, with the cost reimbursed by the medical school. Focus groups with students were used to evaluate the impact of the intervention. / Results: Approximately half of all Year‐1 students signed up for the scheme (n = 153). Twenty faculty members hosted one or more lunches. Focus group analysis revealed that attendees felt more positively about individual faculty members and the institution as a result of participation, and that it helped the process of induction and transition into medical school, but that it suffered from a lack of continuing contact. / "Out‐of‐classroom interactions between students and teachers help to develop communities of learning." / Conclusions: This intervention encouraged positive student–faculty member interactions, albeit with a relatively small group of students. It did not seem to encourage longitudinal staff–student relationships, however, which is a key limitation.
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