Juan A García-Madruga, Nuria Carriedo, Sergio Moreno-Ríos, Francisco Gutiérrez, Walter Schaeken
Unless reasoning
The Spanish journal of psychology
peerassisted learning shown constructive numerous aspects undergraduate medical education purpose study evaluate effectiveness peerassisted teaching medical english skills nonnative englishspeaking students medical english conversation course conducted damascus university group students targeted participants intermediate level fellow students program longitudinal study carried 1 st 31 st march 2019 assess changes selfassessment english language skills among course participants pre postcourse appraisal involved review previous experience medical english language selfassessment five english language skills objective measurement medical english knowledge addition participants requested respond set statements related importance usefulness peerassisted teaching medical english skills pairedsample student ttest used compare pre postcourse appraisal results 42 students attended course completed pre postcourse appraisals full data analyses showed statistically significant increase participants confidence speaking medical english public p0001 using english various medical settings presenting discussing cases writing clinical reports interviewing patients reading english medical texts objective measurements medical english knowledge confirmed significant increase participants knowledge methods administration therapeutics knowledge human body parts english familiarity english medical abbreviations participants agreed peereducation effective teaching medical english skills nonnative englishspeaking students increasing confidence using english reallife medical scenarios present study highlights effectiveness peerassisted teaching medical english skills nonnative englishspeaking medical students validation required compare effectiveness traditional versus peerassisted teaching approaches