Inquiry finds medical student culture nurtured pattern of bunking off during electives

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Inquiry finds medical student culture nurtured pattern of bunking off during electives

Martin
Johnston
Medical students learning suturing
An inquiry into the University of Otago medical students’ overseas electives scandal has recommended the final year of the medical course “should have formal holiday periods built into it, to bring to an end the culture of taking holiday breaks during the
“The elective module had an ‘aura’ among students of being a time during which [trainee interns] would be enriched” An inquiry into the oversea