TY - JOUR T1 - Bedside buddies – an educational and pastoral teaching programme for year 2 medical students JF - Future Healthcare Journal JO - Future Healthc J SP - 29 LP - 29 DO - 10.7861/futurehealth.6-2-s29 VL - 6 IS - Suppl 2 AU - Abhishek Kakkar AU - Khaleel Ahmed AU - Bradley Lonergan AU - Puteri Zainuddin Y1 - 2019/06/01 UR - http://www.rcpjournals.org/content/6/Suppl_2/29.abstract N2 - Junior medical students often find starting clinical attachments daunting. Understandably, they lack confidence and are new to the hospital environment. For this reason, they may not get the most out of clinical placements. At Lancaster Medical School (LMS), year 2 students undergo their first clinical attachments at both Royal Lancaster Infirmary (RLI) and East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust (ELHT). The General Medical Council states that teaching doctors and students is important for the care of patients.1 Near-peer teaching (NPT) is increasingly recognised as an effective method for teaching and learning within medical education.2 A buddy system was designed and the impact of this educational strategy was evaluated by surveying near-peer learners before and after the sessions.We aimed to create a structured, informal … ER -