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The Supplemental Instruction Project: peer-devised and delivered tutorials.

Katrina F Hurley·Donald W McKay·Thomas M Scott·Bonnie M James
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The purpose of this study was to determine whether student devised and delivered supplemental instruction is beneficial and acceptable to first-year medical students. A student-run Supplemental Instruction Project (SIP) was developed and delivered by second-year medical students and offered free of charge to all first-year medical students at Memorial University of Newfoundland taking the Integrated Study of Disease I course in 1999 and again in 2000. Small-group tutorials focused on subject material that second-year medical students identified as 'difficult'. Five 60- to 90-minute sessions covering topics in cardiology, nephrology and respirology were offered. Student and tutor perceptions about the project were collected using anonymous questionnaires. Students were quizzed before and after each tutorial session. Post-tutorial quiz scores were significantly greater than pre-tutorial scores. Student and tutor perceptions of SIP were positive. It is concluded that the SIP is an acceptable, practical and effective method to supplement delivery of challenging material to first-year medical students.

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Katrina F Hurley, Donald W McKay, Thomas M Scott, Bonnie M James. 2003. The Supplemental Instruction Project: peer-devised and delivered tutorials.. https://doi.org/10.1080/0142159031000136743

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