Academic achievement of students tutored by near-peers

dc.creator	Olle ten Cate
dc.creator	Irene van de Vorst
dc.creator	Sjoukje van den Broek
dc.date	2012-01-01T00:00:00Z
dc.date.accessioned	2015-07-20T22:15:56Z
dc.date.available	2015-07-20T22:15:56Z
dc.identifier	10.5116/ijme.4f0c.9ed2
dc.identifier	2042-6372
dc.identifier	https://doaj.org/article/c8fc286ee6d44f7398862032ac2f1752
dc.identifier.uri	http://evidence.thinkportal.org/handle/123456789/18053
dc.description	Objectives: To compare the academic achievement of medical students tutored by near-peers and medical students tutored by faculty. Methods: A retrospective comparison study was conducted. In a total of 36 courses, 24 medical student groups were tutored by either faculty members or near-peers, from 2005 to 2010. To compare academic achievement students we used the test scores for individual courses and a combined overall standardized score for all courses together. Results: A total of 1201 and 8722 students were tutored by near-peers and faculty members, respectively. Of 36 courses, the mean test scores of five courses were higher for faculty members tutoring and the mean test scores of 29 courses were higher for near-peers tutoring. Additional analysis of standardized test scores showed that students who were tutored by peers outperformed students who were tutored by faculty members (t[sub](9921)[/sub] =5.345, P<0.05; Cohen's d=0.17). Conclusions: Our data suggest that junior medical students are not put at a disadvantage when being tutored by senior medical students. It appears that near-peer tutoring has at least similar benefits as faculty tutoring.
dc.language	English
dc.publisher	IJME
dc.relation	http://www.ijme.net/archive/3/academic-achievement-of-students-tutored-by-near-peers.pdf
dc.relation	https://doaj.org/toc/2042-6372
dc.rights	CC BY
dc.source	International Journal of Medical Education, Vol 3, Pp 6-13 (2012)
dc.subject	near-peer teaching
dc.subject	academic achievement
dc.subject	medical students
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
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dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	DOAJ:Education
dc.subject	DOAJ:Social Sciences
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.subject	Education (General)
dc.subject	L7-991
dc.subject	Education
dc.subject	L
dc.title	Academic achievement of students tutored by near-peers
dc.type	article