Lead author: Doreen M. Olvet
Submitted by: Kathy Herzberger, Loma Linda University

This is an interesting article discussing near peer 4^th year tutors to give feedback to 1^st and 2^nd year students on note writing skills. The authors found that near peers can be an asset to medical education. I too, have found near peer tutoring effective. I have used 4^th year students that are remediating to help grade our 2^nd year OSCE. This exercise enhances the 4^th year’s skills and the 2^nd years appreciate the feedback from their upper classmen.

Read the full article in Teaching and Learning in Medicine here.

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