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A Near-Peer Teaching Module to Supplement Current Undergraduate Teaching in ENT Surgery
James Schuster-Bruce1, Angharad Davies2, Henry Conchie3
1Department of Otolaryngology, St. George's University Hospitals NHS Trust, London, UK.
Background:
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.
Activity:
Learners received a short NPT module that was focused on clinical ENT. Pre- and post-module questionnaires collected data on students' confidence and knowledge.
Results And Discussion:
One hundred twenty-five undergraduate learners received the intervention. There was a significant percentage increase in both confidence (24.2%, p = < 0.001) and knowledge (35.9%, p = < 0.001) of learners. In a supervised setting, NPT could be a valuable adjunct to traditional undergraduate ENT education.
