Implementing a centralized institutional peer tutoring program

Background: Peer tutoring has been found to be beneficial to both students and peer tutors in health sciences education programs. This article describes the implementation of a centralized, institutional peer tutoring program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, an academic health scienc...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Education for health (Abingdon, England) England), 2016-05, Vol.29 (2), p.148-151
Main Authors: Gaughf, Natalie, Foster, Penni
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic achievement
Adult learning
Analysis
Centralization
Communication skills
Compensation
Costs
Dentistry
Education
Education, Professional - methods
Education, Professional - organization & administration
Educational Environment
Educational programs
Funding
Health sciences
Humans
Internet
Methods
Mississippi
Nursing
Peer Group
Peer instruction
Peer Teaching
Peer tutoring
Pharmacy
Practice
Professional employees
Professionalism
Program Evaluation
Students
Teaching
Teaching - organization & administration
Teaching Skills
Tracking
Tutor Training
Tutoring
Tutors
Websites
Citations: Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:Background: Peer tutoring has been found to be beneficial to both students and peer tutors in health sciences education programs. This article describes the implementation of a centralized, institutional peer tutoring program at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, an academic health science center in the U.S. The Program: This multispecialty peer tutoring program paired students experiencing academic difficulties with peer tutors who showed prior academic success, professionalism and effective communication skills. The program allowed students and peer tutors to coordinate their own tutoring services. Program Evaluation: Evaluations by both students and peer tutors showed satisfaction with the program. Recommendations: Recommendations for developing and implementing an effective peer tutoring program are presented, including utilization of an online system, consistent program policy with high professionalism expectations, funding, program evaluation and data tracking.
ISSN:1357-6283
1469-5804
DOI:10.4103/1357-6283.188773