The Evaluation effect of peer and non-peer education methods on clinical learning of anesthesia students in Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences 2016-2017

The training is a series of activities that the teacher does to facilitate the learning of learners on their own or with the help of educational materials.the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of peer-to-peer education methods on clinical learning of anesthesia students in Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences

This experimental study was a post-test pre-test. The statistical population of this study consisted of 48 students of anesthesiology students of the Bachelor of Science from 95-96. According to the characteristics of the statistical society, all anesthesia students of Sabzevar University of Medical Sciences were selected as samples,and simple random sampling method was chosen. They were randomly assigned to peer and non-peer groups.The data gathering tool was a multi-part questionnaire. content validity was used and Their reliability was estimated through Cronbach’s alpha. SPSS16 software and descriptive and analytical statistics (covariance) were used to analyze the data.

The analysis of covariance showed that learning from their peers had a positive and significant effect on students' clinical performance (F = 295 / 68, T =17.19 P <0.05). Conclusion The data from this study showed that peer education as a supplementary education for classroom education improves the learning of Internship students.