In AMEE Guide 88, Lumb & Murdoch-Eaton (2014) have very clearly described how electives can be provided in a medical curriculum, and the advantages and the disadvantages of doing this. We wish to draw attention to two more advantages. The first is that the opportunity for choosing to do a research elective or an international or "away from home institution" elective or an elective which provides the opportunity to follow courses which are not a part of the routine syllabus, introduces "autonomy-support" in the curriculum. Autonomy-support or providing choices to students in their learning is an important pillar for stimulating autonomous motivation (Kusurkar et al. 2011).
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