Teaching compassion through a community-led, experiential learning activity for undergraduate medical students: the Empathy Project
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We co-facilitated a mandatory community-led experiential learning activity for medical students with the Alliance to End Homelessness Ottawa that demonstrates the feasibility and positive impact of incorporating community-led learning into the medical school curriculum.
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