TY - JOUR
T1 - Peer Tutoring in Preclinical Medical Education
T2 - A Review of the Literature
AU - Shenoy, Adele
AU - Petersen, Kristina H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, International Association of Medical Science Educators.
PY - 2020/3/1
Y1 - 2020/3/1
N2 - Peer-assisted learning (PAL) is an educational method where students teach their peers. PAL has been increasingly integrated into medical education in various formats including near-peer tutoring (NPT), reciprocal-peer tutoring (RPT), and peer-to-peer tutoring. This review adds to current literature by focusing exclusively on outcomes from PAL peer tutoring programs implemented in conjunction with basic science courses in medical education. Although the programs differ in size, duration, course, resource availability, and method of evaluation and thus can be difficult to compare, PAL programs overall demonstrate benefits for both tutors and tutees and merit further investigation into optimal methods of implementation.
AB - Peer-assisted learning (PAL) is an educational method where students teach their peers. PAL has been increasingly integrated into medical education in various formats including near-peer tutoring (NPT), reciprocal-peer tutoring (RPT), and peer-to-peer tutoring. This review adds to current literature by focusing exclusively on outcomes from PAL peer tutoring programs implemented in conjunction with basic science courses in medical education. Although the programs differ in size, duration, course, resource availability, and method of evaluation and thus can be difficult to compare, PAL programs overall demonstrate benefits for both tutors and tutees and merit further investigation into optimal methods of implementation.
KW - Near-peer tutoring
KW - Peer-assisted learning
KW - Peer-to-peer tutoring
KW - Reciprocal-peer tutoring
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85077162894&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/s40670-019-00895-y
DO - 10.1007/s40670-019-00895-y
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85077162894
SN - 2156-8650
VL - 30
SP - 537
EP - 544
JO - Medical Science Educator
JF - Medical Science Educator
IS - 1
ER -