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Table 6 Development of leadership skills

From: Peer learning in the UNSW Medicine program

Questionnaire item

Agreement (%)

Mean scorea (SD)

Having first year students in the scenario group encouraged me to take on a leadership role as a second year.

80.1

2.0 (0.8)

Vertical integration encouraged me to organise near-peer teaching.

68.3

2.2 (0.8)

Being a near-peer teacher motivated me to learn at a deeper level.

86.7

1.9 (0.6)

Being a near-peer teacher clarified and/or enhanced my own knowledge and skills.

94.2

1.7 (0.6)

Being a near-peer teacher improved my confidence helping others to learn.

92.5

1.8 (0.6)

I believe that students benefitted from my teaching.

99.2

1.8 (0.4)

  1. a1 = strongly agree, 4 = strongly disagree