title: Exploring the Role of Peer Advice in Self-Regulated Learning: Metacognitive, Social, and Environmental Factors.
abstract: This Conversation Starters article presents a selected research abstract from the 2016 Association of American Medical Colleges Northeast Region Group on Educational Affairs annual spring meeting. The abstract is paired with the integrative commentary of three experts who shared their thoughts stimulated by the pilot study. These thoughts explore the metacognitive, social, and environmental mechanisms whereby advice plays a role in self-regulated learning.
authors.affiliation: a Department of Psychiatry , Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , New Brunswick , New Jersey , USA.
authors.forename: Hanin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rashid
authors.affiliation: b Cognitive Skills Program, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , New Brunswick , New Jersey , USA.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Lebeau
authors.affiliation: b Cognitive Skills Program, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School , New Brunswick , New Jersey , USA.
authors.forename: Norma
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Saks
authors.affiliation: c Department of Medical Education , Southern Illinois University School of Medicine , Springfield , Illinois , USA.
authors.forename: Anna T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Cianciolo
authors.affiliation: d Department of Medicine , Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences , Bethesda , Maryland , USA.
authors.forename: Anthony R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: Artino
authors.affiliation: e Department of Medicine , University of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA.
authors.forename: Judy A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Shea
authors.affiliation: f Center for Research and Development of Education, Utrecht University , Utrecht , The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Olle
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ten Cate
mesh_terms: D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D007858:Learning; D010379:Peer Group; D010865:Pilot Projects
keywords: Academic support; help-seeking; learning environment; peer advice; self-regulated learning