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Table 3 Experience of second year students

From: Peer learning in the UNSW Medicine program

As a second year student…

Agreement (%)

Mean scorea (SD)

I enjoyed teaching the first year students.

89.2

1.8 (0.6)

Teaching first year students helped me clarify and deepen my knowledge and understanding of a topic.

84.8

1.9 (0.7)

Teaching first year students improved my confidence to help others with their learning.

81.6

1.9 (0.7)

Teaching first year students improved my ability to communicate effectively.

77.3

2.0 (0.7)

I felt motivated to help students in the years below me.

96.3

1.7 (0.6)

I found my learning slowed down in order to teach the first year students.

20.2

2.9 (0.7)

  1. a1 = strongly agree, 4 = strongly disagree