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Lockspeiser, Tai M.; O'Sullivan, Patricia; Teherani, Arianne; Muller, Jessica – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2008
Background: Medical schools use supplemental peer-teaching programs even though there is little research on students' actual experiences with this form of instruction. Purpose: To understand the student experience of being taught by peers instead of by faculty. Methods: We conducted focus groups with first- and second-year medical students…
Descriptors: Medical Students, Student Attitudes, Medical Schools, Focus Groups
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Maudsley, Gillian; Williams, Evelyn M. I.; Taylor, David C. M. – Advances in Health Sciences Education, 2008
Qualitative insights about students' personal experience of inconsistencies in implementation of problem-based learning (PBL) might help refocus expert discourse about good practice. Aim: This study explored how junior medical students conceptualize: PBL; good tutoring; and less effective sessions. Methods: Participants comprised junior medical…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Problem Based Learning, Teaching Methods, Foreign Countries
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Streng, Nancy J. – Journal of School Nursing, 2007
Student health advocates (SHAs) are high school students who, under the supervision of the school nurse, provide health education and health promotion activities to other students via a peer education model. This 3-year follow-up study explored how the SHA experience influences career choice and attitudes of the participants. It also examined what…
Descriptors: Health Education, Health Promotion, Career Choice, Followup Studies