ArticleInternational journal of medical education2018
Undergraduate peer assisted learning tutors' performance in summative anatomy examinations: a pilot study.
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- Enhancing medical English proficiency: the current status and development potential of peer-assisted learning in medical education.BMC medical education · 2025Review
- Effect of peer facilitation in anatomy small group curriculum on academic performance and retention: A pilot study.Anatomical sciences education · 2025Article
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- Peer Teaching in Undergraduate Medical Education: What are the Learning Outputs for the Student-Teachers? A Systematic Review.Advances in medical education and practice · 2023Review
- Peer Tutoring in Preclinical Medical Education: A Review of the Literature.Medical science educator · 2020Article
- Peer-assisted learning versus didactic teaching in osteology for first-year Indian undergraduate medical students: a quasi-experimental study.Surgical and radiologic anatomy : SRA · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo compare summative anatomy examination results of Peer Assisted Learning (PAL) tutors and learners in the same undergraduate classroom.
methodsComparative study of Year-1 medical students who did/did not serve as PAL tutors. PAL tutors gave six hours of teaching in lower limb anatomy. Percent marks for written and spotting examinations were compared between PAL tutors and PAL learners.
resultsThe 12 self-selected PAL tutors were not significantly different from their peers (n=191) in terms of age or nationality, but 20% were female compared to 51% of PAL learners. Except for upper limb anatomy, PAL tutors performed at the same level as their tutees in all basic science examinations taken before PAL was introduced. PAL tutors performed better (M=89.0, SD=8.2) in the lower limb examinations than PAL learners (M=79.7, SD=13.0), but these differences were only statistically significantly bigger in the subject they had taught (t
conclusionsUndergraduate PAL tutors performed better than PAL learners in the subject they taught and continued to do so in all anatomy spotting exams, even after the PAL experience had ended, suggesting that actively involving anatomy students as PAL tutors should be encouraged especially among undergraduate medical students.
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