Table 1 Summary of student teacher training programs
From: Peer teacher training for health professional students: a systematic review of formal programs
Study | Country / Context | Program description | Curricula | Group size | Participant program, level | Led by | Frequency, duration & mode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. Andreatta et al., 2009 | USA, University of Michigan Medical School | Adaption of the ‘Training Tomorrow’s Teachers Today’ (T4) conference | Extra curricula | 13 | Medicine, year unspecified | Faculty | 5 days, F2F Conference |
2. Blanco et al., 2014 | USA, Tutfs University | Student-as-Teachers (SAT) program | Core curriculum | – | Medicine, years 1–4 | Faculty | 4 yrs., Four online modules (40-60 min each), 25 h practical field experience |
3. Blatt & Greenberg, 2007 | USA, George Washington University | Teaching and Learning Communication Skills (TALKS) program. | Elective | 28 | Medicine, year 4 | Faculty | Six 2.5Â h workshops, a practicum, and service as standardised patient. |
4. Burgess et al. 2012 | Australia, University of Sydney | Implementation of Teaching on the Run program (TOR) | Extra curricula | 17 | Medicine, year 3 | Faculty | Six 3Â h workshop sessions |
5. Carr et al., 2016 | Australia, University of Western Australia | Peer assisted learning (PAL) | Extra curricula | Varies | Medicine, year 6; Nursing, year 2; Podiatric, year 4; Pharmacy, year 2; Health Sciences, year 3; Dentistry, year 4. | Faculty | F2F training sessions between 1 and 4Â h and practical opportunities |
6. Erlich & Shaughnessy, 2014. | USA, Tufts University | Student–Teacher Education Programme (STEP) | Extra curricula | 13 | Medicine, year 4 | Faculty | Training sessions prior (30 min) and post (45 min) peer teaching session, once a week × 12 wks |
7. Dickman et al., 2017 | Israel, Bar-llan University | Near-peer teaching program | Extra curricula | 12–15/year | Medicine, year 1 | Faculty | Eight sessions, large and small group training and advanced practical skills training. |
8. Fellmer-Drug et al., 2014 | Germany, Heidelberg University | Didactic student tutor training program | Extra curricula | Varies | Medicine, year unspecified | Faculty | Approx. 14.5Â days across eight weeks, four F2F modules, including practical experience as peer tutor. |
9. Gainor 2014 | USA, Brown University | Medical Education Elective | Elective | 12 | Medicine, year 4 | Faculty and student | One week (5Â days), F2F didactic sessions and three wks practical |
10. Newton & Wright, 2011 | UK, The Junior Association for the Study of Medical Education (JASME) | ‘ASME Teaching Toolkit for Medical Students’ one-day clinical teaching course | Extra curricula |  | Medicine, Senior year | Student | One day F2F workshop with plenary presentations & small group teachings. |
11. Schuetz et al., 2017 | Germany. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität | Near-peer teaching program | Extra curricula | – | Medicine, any stage | Faculty | Two days initial intensive training with modules (20 lessons), intensive workplace-based training (20 lessons). Lesson = 45 min lecture or seminar |
12. Silbert & Lake, 2012 | Australia, University of Western Australia | Modified TOR for PAL program | Extra Curricula | 29 | Medicine, years 4–6 | Faculty and student | Two 3 h small group interactive workshops |
13. Smith et al., 2007 | USA, The American Medical Student Association, with the Mount Sinai School of Medicine | Training Tomorrow’s Teachers Today (T4) national medical student retreat. | Extra curricula | 23 | Medicine, years 2–4 | Faculty and student | One week, 6–8 h/day, interactive classes |
14. Song, 2014 | USA, University of Rochester | The Medical Education Pathway (MEP), longitudinal student-as-teacher program | Elective | 15–20/year | Medicine, years 3–4 | Faculty | Completed over 2 yrs., multimodal: 2 large lectures, 6 mandatory workshops, 1 elective workshops. |
15. Van Diggle et al., 2015 | Australia, University of Sydney | Student Teacher Training (TT) program | Extra curricula | 23 | Medicine, years 3–4 | Faculty | two 3-h sessions over 2 days |
16. Walser et al., 2017 | Germany, Ulm University | Train the Tutor (TtT) to train student tutors as near-peer teachers | Extra curricula | 23 | Medicine, 5th semester of study and above. | Faculty | Workshop (16 units), practical phase (114 units – 25 days), advanced seminar (9 units) |
17. Weyrich et al., 2009 | Germany, University of Tu¨bingen | PAL tutor training | Extra curricula | 14 | Medicine, years 4–5 | Faculty | Two 3-h sessions, plus a standardised student-tutor didactics seminar (two 4-h sessions) |
18. Yeung et al., 2017 | Canada, University of Toronto | Student as Teachers (SAT) program | Extra curricula | 20 | Medicine, year 2 | Faculty | Seven months integrated into full academic year. Eight 2Â h educational modules, five practical teaching sessions, and three independent assignments |
19. Zijdenbos et al., 2011 | Netherlands, Utrecht University Medical Center | START block: ‘Supervised Training in Attitude, Research and Teaching’. | Core curriculum | 12–15 | Medicine, year 6 | Faculty | 1wk course spread over 2wks (a total study load of 40 h) |