Table 1 Summary of Pilot PAL projects at UWA
Course (no. in cohort) | Programme | Student level involved | Setting | Number of students (N = 149) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Medicine-Paediatric | Peer tutoring on paediatric clinical examination skills | Year 5 as “peer learners” | clinical | Year 5 cohort (n = 41) |
Y5 (120) | Year 6 as “peer tutors” | Year 6 cohort (n = 12) | ||
Y6 (180) | ||||
Nursing | Peer tutoring on clinical communication skills | Year 1 as “peer learners” | clinical | Year 1 cohort (n = 4) |
Y1 (35) | Year 2 as “peer tutors” | Year 2 cohort (n = 5) | ||
Y2 (10) | ||||
Podiatric Medicine | Peer tutoring ON clinical consultation skills | Year 3 as “peer learners” | clinical | Year 3 cohort (n = 3) |
Y3 (40) | Year 4 as “peer tutors” | Year 4 cohort (n = 3) | ||
Y4 (30) | ||||
Pharmacy (N = 30) | Peer verbal feedback on referencing and critical writing skills | Year 2 as “peer assessors” | class room | Year 2 cohort (n = 28) |
Health sciences (N =40) | Peer written feedback on developing data collection tool | Year 3 as “peer assessors” | class room | Year 3 cohort (n = 22) |
Dentistry (N = 45) | Peer feedback on case presentation | Year 4 as “peer assessors” | class room | Year 4 cohort (n = 31) |