Effectiveness of peer-assisted teaching of medical English skills to non-native English-speaking medical students.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Peer-assisted learning has been shown to be constructive in numerous aspects of undergraduate medical education. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of peer-assisted teaching of medical English skills to non-native English-speaking students.

Methods

A medical English conversation course was conducted at Damascus University by a group of students. Targeted participants were intermediate level fellow students from the same program. A longitudinal study was carried out between 1 ^st to 31 ^st March 2019 to assess changes in self-assessment of English language skills among course participants. Pre- and post-course appraisal involved a review of previous experience with medical English language, a self-assessment of five Engl

SUBMITTER: Al Shihabi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10831228 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature