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Peer teacher training (PTT) program for health professional students: interprofessional and flipped learning

Overview of attention for article published in BMC Medical Education, December 2017
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Title
Peer teacher training (PTT) program for health professional students: interprofessional and flipped learning
Published in
BMC Medical Education, December 2017
DOI 10.1186/s12909-017-1037-6
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Annette Burgess, Chris Roberts, Christie van Diggele, Craig Mellis

Abstract

The need for developing healthcare professional students' peer teaching skills is widely acknowledged, and a number of discipline-based peer teacher training programs have been previously reported. However, a consensus on what a student peer teaching skills program across the health professions should entail, and the associated benefits and challenges, has not been previously described. The purpose of this study was to demonstrate the design and implementation of an interprofessional Peer Teacher Training (PTT) program, and explore outcomes and participant perceptions, using Experience-Based Learning (ExBL) theory. In 2016, an interprofessional team of academics from across three healthcare faculties: Medicine, Pharmacy and Health Sciences, developed and implemented a six module, flipped learning, interprofessional PTT program. Pre- and post questionnaires, using a Likert scale of 1-5, as well as open ended questions, were distributed to students. Descriptive statistics were used to analyse quantitative data, and thematic analysis was used to analyse qualitative data. Ninety senior students from across the three faculties participated. Eighty nine percent of participants completed a pre- and post-course questionnaire. Students felt the required pre-class preparation, including online pre-reading, discussion board, videos, and teaching activities enhanced their face-to-face learning experience. In class, students valued the small-group activities, and the opportunities to practice their teaching skills with provision of feedback. Students reported increased confidence to plan and deliver peer teaching activities, and an increased awareness of the roles and responsibilities of health professionals outside of their own discipline, and use of different terminology and communication methods. Students' suggestions for improving the PTT, included; less large group teaching; more online delivery of theory; and inclusion of a wider range of health professional disciplines. The PTT program provided a theoretically informed framework where students could develop and practice their teaching skills, helping to shape students' professional values as they assume peer teaching responsibilities and move towards healthcare practice. The flipped learning, interprofessional format was successful in developing students' skills, competence and confidence in teaching, assessment, communication and feedback. Importantly, participation increased students' awareness and understanding of the various roles of health professionals.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 171 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 21 12%
Student > Bachelor 18 11%
Lecturer 14 8%
Researcher 13 8%
Student > Doctoral Student 11 6%
Other 43 25%
Unknown 51 30%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 36 21%
Nursing and Health Professions 20 12%
Social Sciences 15 9%
Psychology 9 5%
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 4 2%
Other 26 15%
Unknown 61 36%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 5. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 08 December 2017.
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#6,168,706
of 23,009,818 outputs
Outputs from BMC Medical Education
#1,006
of 3,366 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#121,808
of 439,388 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Medical Education
#35
of 100 outputs
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