Abdul Muthalib Hamna, Syed Faaezuddin, Raziq Tehreemah, Wilson Emily M, Sajid Muhammad Raihan
Medicine, Alfaisal University College of Medicine, Riyadh, SAU.
English, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, SAU.
Cureus. 2023 Sep 8;15(9):e44883. doi: 10.7759/cureus.44883. eCollection 2023 Sep.
Peer-assisted learning (PAL) is an educational strategy whereby students teach other students. PAL presents many advantages to the institution, tutors, and tutees. It can benefit the university by presenting a cost-effective approach where the efforts and time of faculty are reduced. We describe a retrospective analysis detailing the structure, function, and effectiveness of the Academic Success Center (ASC) at Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, since 2020. The ASC encompasses various types of PAL methods. It is the only PAL program in Saudi Arabia whereby its tutors, referred to as student consultants, are compensated financially.
We retrospectively analyzed the total number of appointments, the total number of students who accessed the center, as well as the breakdown between different colleges and academic years, and their satisfaction level with the PAL mode of teaching.
Our results indicate a high level of appointments for these PAL sessions increasing on a yearly basis and a high level of satisfaction from both the tutors and the tutees.
PAL is an effective teaching and mentoring modality with high retention rates that has contributed to an increased sense of well-being among students who have utilized these services.
同伴辅助学习（PAL）是一种学生相互教学的教育策略。PAL对机构、导师和受辅导学生都有诸多益处。它可以通过提供一种经济高效的方法来使大学受益，从而减少教师的工作量和时间。我们描述了一项回顾性分析，详细介绍了沙特阿拉伯利雅得阿法赛勒大学学术成功中心（ASC）自2020年以来的结构、功能和有效性。ASC包含各种类型的PAL方法。它是沙特阿拉伯唯一为其导师（称为学生顾问）提供经济补偿的PAL项目。
我们回顾性分析了预约总数、访问该中心的学生总数，以及不同学院和学年之间的分类情况，还有他们对PAL教学模式的满意度。
我们的结果表明，这些PAL课程的预约量很高且逐年增加，导师和受辅导学生的满意度也很高。
PAL是一种有效的教学和指导方式，保留率很高，有助于提高使用这些服务的学生的幸福感。
