Benefits of a near-peer program from the tutors' perspective: a survey of Australian junior doctors in a regional teaching program.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Near-peer teaching has been shown to provide diverse benefits for both tutees and tutors in senior medical student and junior trainee settings. However, junior trainees may face more obstacles in teaching including competing clinical priorities and time management. We sought to investigate the challenges and benefits of engaging in near-peer teaching for junior trainees within our local context. Our Near-Peer Medical Teaching (NPMT) teaching program is designed and facilitated by junior doctors for medical students at the Central Coast Clinical School (University of Newcastle) of the Joint Medical Program.

Methods

Current and past NPMT tutors participated in an online survey from October 2022 to April 2023. Tutors were asked about feasibility of teaching within a

SUBMITTER: Medveczky D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11866562 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature