Open AccessA Near-Peer Teaching Module to Supplement Current Undergraduate Teaching in ENT Surgery
Author(s) -
James SchusterBruce,
Angharad Davies,
Henry Conchie,
Oliver Penfold,
Elizabeth M. Wilson,
A. W. Waddell
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
medical science educator
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.257
H-Index - 13
ISSN - 2156-8650
DOI - 10.1007/s40670-020-00965-6
Subject(s) - specialty , adjunct , medical education , medicine , otorhinolaryngology , referral , family medicine , surgery , philosophy , linguistics
Near-peer teaching (NPT) has been successfully used in other medical specialties but not in ear, nose and throat surgery (ENT). Historically, undergraduates receive limited ENT exposure and subsequently report low confidence in ENT competencies. This has been a posited cause of high referral rates to the specialty. This study aimed to see if NPT could be implemented as an adjunct to traditional ENT teaching.