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ReviewBMC medical education2025

Enhancing medical English proficiency: the current status and development potential of peer-assisted learning in medical education.

Peixin Lin, Yuexin Cai, Sijia He, Xinxin Li, Yuanke Liang, Tian Huang, Juanyun Li, Baohang Lin, Gang Xin, Haoyu Lin

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Review in BMC medical education, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Peixin LinDepartment of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Yuexin CaiDepartment of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Sijia HeDepartment of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Xinxin LiDepartment of Gastrointestinal Surgery, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Yuanke LiangDepartment of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Tian HuangDepartment of Pathophysiology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China.
Juanyun LiDepartment of Thyroid,Breat And Vascular Surgery, Affiliated Longgang Central Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shenzhen, China.
Baohang LinDepartment of Thyroid,Breat And Vascular Surgery, Affiliated Longgang Central Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shenzhen, China. rambohang@163.com.
Gang XinDepartment of Microbiology and Immunology, Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China. gxin@stu.edu.cn.
Haoyu LinDepartment of Thyroid and Breast Surgery, Clinical Research Center, The First Affiliated Hospital of Shantou University Medical College, Shantou, China. rainlhy@stu.edu.cn.

Funding

Guangdong Province clinical teaching base teaching reform project 2023, No.126，128Guangdong Province "New medical" teaching committee teaching reform project 2023 NO.122Guangdong Province undergraduate higher education teaching reform project 2022, No.583Ministry of Education industry-university cooperative education project No.230805236050915Shantou University Medical School undergraduate teaching quality and teaching reform project 2023, No.1, 25
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This narrative review investigates the current implementation and future potential of Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) in medical education, specifically emphasizing its role in enhancing medical English proficiency. The article analyzes the effectiveness of PAL across various medical education contexts, including primary medical courses, doctor-patient communication, and standardized residency training. The findings indicate that PAL positively impacts student learning outcomes and promotes professional development, highlighting the necessity of its application in medical English instruction. However, implementing PAL faces several obstacles, such as limitations in student cognition and a singular interaction model. This review presents several application prospects, including scenario simulation and the integration of PAL with pedagogical methods such as Problem-Based Learning (PBL), Case-Based Learning (CBL), and Team-Based Learning (TBL). Ultimately, this review underscores the importance of PAL in medical English teaching and recommends future research directions to develop effective teaching models that optimize its implementation.

Indexed as

Education, MedicalPeer GroupHumansProblem-Based LearningMedical educationMedical EnglishPeer-assisted learningReform of teaching mode

Identifiers

PMID39819327
PMCPMC11740334

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