Foundation Year Two Doctor, Frimley Park Hospital, Defence Deanery, England.
Honorary Clinical Lecturer, Department of Medical Education, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, England.
Educ Health (Abingdon). 2021 Jan-Apr;34(1):29-33. doi: 10.4103/efh.EfH_20_18.
Near-peer teaching (NPT) has a longstanding history within medical education. While it is becoming increasingly recognized within medical curricula, its beginnings can be traced back to informal teaching among medical students. Informal NPT such as this is still commonplace. However, it is often overlooked within the literature and has remained hidden from the scrutiny of evidence-based education. There has been minimal research conducted surrounding NPT outside of formal teaching sessions.
A scoping PubMed search was conducted after identifying appropriate search terms. Directly relevant and high quality articles were included.
RESULTS/SYNTHESIS: Within this scoping review, we discuss the potential benefits and shortfalls of such teaching.
Benefits include the opportunity for tutors to consolidate their own learning while contributing to the medical school community. Their learners benefit from the opportunity for small group learning focused on a relevant level of knowledge. However, shortfalls include the lack of prerequites, lack of content monitoring, and lack of resources. These should be considered when discussing the efficacy of this teaching.
We also explore the wider culture of this informal NPT within medical education. We hope to promote further thought into this area, considering how guidance can be given to support both the near-peer teachers and their learners.
近邻教学（NPT）在医学教育中有着悠久的历史。虽然它在医学课程中越来越受到认可，但它的起源可以追溯到医学生之间的非正式教学。这种非正式的 NPT 仍然很常见。然而，它在文献中经常被忽视，也没有受到循证教育的严格审查。除了正式的教学课程之外，针对 NPT 的研究很少。
在确定了合适的搜索词后，进行了范围广泛的 PubMed 搜索。包括直接相关和高质量的文章。
结果/综合分析：在这项范围综述中，我们讨论了这种教学的潜在好处和缺点。
好处包括导师有机会巩固自己的学习，同时为医学院社区做出贡献。他们的学习者受益于有机会进行以相关知识水平为重点的小组学习。然而，缺点包括缺乏前提条件、缺乏内容监控和缺乏资源。在讨论这种教学的效果时，应该考虑到这些因素。
我们还探讨了医学教育中这种非正式 NPT 的更广泛文化。我们希望进一步思考这一领域，考虑如何提供指导，以支持近邻教师及其学习者。
