Shelbie Wooten, Emily Hurley, Nikolaus Schuetz, Melissa K Miller, Jonathan Rodean, Emily Rupe, Kemi Lewis, Marie Daphnée Boncoeur, Abbey R Masonbrink
Barriers to pregnancy prevention for adolescents in rural Haiti: perceptions of healthcare providers
BMC women's health
background peer teaching wellacknowledged method facilitate teaching learning among medical students objective study assess merits effectiveness peer teaching small groups using studentcentered approach employment different learning media methods crosssectional descriptive study conducted among group 34 students third professional year purposive sampling used wherein students subdivided five small groups beginning pretest consisting 10 multiplechoice questions conducted topic epidemiology hypertension topic subdivided five subtopics five separate learning media viz video powerpoint white board chalkandtalk chart allocated using lottery method group discussed allotted topic presented findings large group using assigned learning media groups gave feedback best group decided multivoting posttest administered results compared pretest data entry done microsoft excel analysis done using spss 16 descriptive statistics paired test used compare results pretest posttest p level 005 results innovative session peer teaching featured 34 students mean age 22 13 years carrying kirkpatrick level 1 evaluation almost 90 students liked role facilitator stimulating interest topic mean average increase 17 marks comparing scores posttest pretest kirkpatrick level 2 reported difference statistically significant joyful learning 24 667 group discussion 23 639 emerged liked aspects session conclusion conclusion peer teaching learning media effective method promotes active learning improves communication skills improves academic performance students peer teaching using different learning media proved quite effective improvement knowledge epidemiology hypertension pros cons different learning media encouraged creativity among students