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Peer instruction: Effective student-to-student lea ...
Peer instruction
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The transition in healthcare education is moving towards student-centered instruction, akin to patient-centered care in healthcare delivery. This approach involves both educators and students in the communication of course material. Educators continue their traditional roles while creating opportunities for independent and peer-assisted learning. Techniques include active learning, critical and creative thinking assignments, and cooperative learning, such as team-based learning.<br /><br />Key methods include:<br />- **Peer Instruction**: Popularized by Harvard's Eric Mazur, it succeeds where traditional lectures fail, allowing students to teach each other.<br />- **Near-Peer Teaching**: Involves more advanced peers mentoring others.<br />- Other forms like **Surrogate Teaching** and **Peer Tutoring**.<br /><br />Peer instruction can be formal or organic and takes on various forms like group projects, study groups, lab partners, and note-sharing. Specific structured activities under peer instruction include problem-solving presentations, critic groups, reciprocal peer tutoring, and interteaching.<br /><br />Benefits of peer-to-peer learning include active engagement, better retention through teaching others, comfort in peer interaction, and alignment in discourse, fostering skills like teamwork, communication, and self-confidence. However, peer instruction can face challenges such as student resistance, uneven work distribution, team conflicts, varying preparation levels among students, and difficulties in complex topics.<br /><br />Effective implementation requires careful orchestration, quality control, clear communication guidelines, and balancing group and individual assignments to ensure equal participation and benefit. Despite some inherent challenges, peer instruction remains a versatile and valuable educational tool, suitable when applied thoughtfully and strategically.
Keywords
student-centered instruction
peer instruction
near-peer teaching
active learning
critical thinking
cooperative learning
team-based learning
peer tutoring
problem-solving
communication skills
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