Evaluation of a peer-assisted, simulation-based clinical skills training program in Spain: a prospective single-group before-and-after study

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Maria López-Brotons, Sergio Javaloy-Ballestero, and José-Manuel Ramos-Rincón evaluated a clinical skills programme at a Spanish university where senior medical students tutor juniors through simulated procedures. Small-group workshops ran under faculty supervision, growing from six topics in the first year to eight in the second, adding spinal tap and basic ultrasound. Altogether 139 students took part across two academic years, generating 440 attendances.

Knowledge scores rose sharply from before to after each workshop, with average marks climbing from about six to nearly nine out of ten. Second-year students gained more than third-years, and men gained slightly more than women. Satisfaction ratings stayed high, averaging above four out of five. With no comparison group, the gains cannot be credited to peer tutoring alone, yet the authors show the model is workable, popular, and able to sustain participation across years.

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Source: https://europepmc.org/article/MED/PMC13506240