The purpose of the study was to assess the implementation of peer academic support programmes which are Language and Writing Advancement and Supplemental Instruction programmes in one University in South Africa. The study adopted a qualitative approach that used face-to-face interviews, focus group interviews and document analysis to collect data. Purposive sampling was used to select those who participated in the study. The participants were two coordinators of the programmes, ten facilitators working in the programmes for in-depth interviews and ten students who have been receiving services from the programmes for two focus group discussions. The study revealed that there was a general trend whereby peer facilitators of the programmes were recruited and trained. However, it was found that some facilitators abandoned the position immediately after the training which made it difficult for coordinators and Human Resource Staff (HR) to start the process of recruitment and retraining. In this regard, Teaching and Learning Centre, (TLC) and HR simply appointed other untrained facilitators to replace those who had deserted the positions. Also, some facilitators were unable to attend some of the regular trainings because of clashes with their classes. All these have a negative impact on the implementation of the programmes. The results also reveal that some of the facilitators were frustrated with students’ poor attendance in the sessions, and even those who attended their sessions, did not participate much in the discussions. It was found that most lecturers and students did not know the differences between supplemental instruction (SI) and tutorials. Neither did lecturers encourage their students to seek help from the TLC services. Reviewing of assignments from different disciplines by TLC facilitators was another burning issue that came up. Some facilitators reviewed assignments from different disciplines, because the disciplines were not represented and this is because they want to claim for more hours, which affects the quality of the programmes. The findings also show that some students did not like to take their assignment to the TLC for review because facilitators make unnecessary and harsh comments. On the contrary, some students acknowledged that they were fine with the way facilitators review assignments because it involves one-on-one consultation, and they always pass the assignments reviewed by PASS facilitators. The study also revealed that the coordinators monitored and evaluated facilitators through observation and the checking of attendance registers. Coordinators ware also monitored by senior colleagues of the department such as the manager of the TLC. Furthermore TLC has instituted a mentorship programme whereby senior facilitators mentor newly recruited facilitators. However not every facilitator had a mentor. The study also exposed the fact that the TLC venue was usually closed during examination periods to allow facilitators to prepare for their examinations. The findings show that some departments were not represented by facilitators and to remedy this situation, it is recommended that all departments be represented and lecturers encourage the students to get help from TLC. Most facilitators were undergraduate students, but they needed to be replaced by post graduates who did not have course work that will clash with PASS activities. The strategies used by facilitators were fairly good but more should be done to encourage students to participate in sessions. Finally, the monitoring and support mechanisms put in place were very functional but the TLC should make sure every facilitator is being monitored especially concerning the review of assignments. The significance of the findings of this study cannot be overemphasised. The strengths and challenges regarding the implementation of these programmes at this particular university have been revealed. Through the recommendations, it is hoped that the institution and the TLC would effect some changes in the implementation of these peer academic support programmes in order to better serve the students so as to achieve satisfactory throughput and retention rates.

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) / Ongoing changes to medical education curricula in the United States require continued evaluation of best practices for maintaining and enhancing anatomical education in medical schools. The purpose of this study was to identify the impacts of incorporating an alternating dissection schedule, peer teaching, and self-directed learning (SDL) in the Human Gross Anatomy (A550-551) laboratory for students in the first year of medical school at Indiana University School of Medicine, Bloomington (IUSM-BL). The researcher sought to determine the impacts of peer teaching and dissection on student gross anatomy grades, to explore the underling perceived effects of peer teaching on the student gross anatomy experience, and to explain how a gross anatomy course, specifically the laboratory component, could contribute to the development of SDL. A mixed method design was selected to combine the analytic strengths of quantitative and qualitative methods. Quantitative analysis using a generalized estimating equation determined the act of dissection had an impact on students’ abilities to correctly identify structures on human gross anatomy assessments. An analysis of variance determined that student gross anatomy final grades, lecture exam averages, laboratory practical exam averages were unchanged when incorporating peer teaching and alternating dissections into the laboratory sessions. A grounded theory methodology identified perceived changes in the student experience in A550-551 through analysis of student interviews, instructor interviews, and course assignments. In conclusion, the researcher determined that active dissection is a critical component in gross anatomy; however, peer teaching and alternating dissections offset the negative impacts of reduced dissections hours through: increased active dissection time, decreased intragroup conflict, new opportunities to develop teaching and communication skills, and increased efficiency in the anatomy laboratory classroom. Additionally, this research described suggestions for future successful implementations of SDL in A5500-551. These findings provide information for educators at IUSM-BL as they make revisions to meet curricular demands and inform ongoing discussions in anatomy education related to the importance of dissection, time for laboratory experiences, and the continued goal for excellence in educating students.

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Yes / Near-peer teaching is becoming increasingly popular as a learning methodology. We report the development of a novel near-peer biological sciences revision course and its acceptability and impact on student confidence and exam performance. A cross-sectional analysis of tutee-completed evaluation forms before and after each session was performed, providing demographic details, quality scores, and self-rating of confidence in the topic taught on a 0 to 100 mm visual analogue scale (VAS). The confidence data was examined using analysis of means. Exam performance was examined by analysis of variance and canonical correlation analysis. Thirty-eight sessions were delivered to an average of 69.9 (±27.1) years 1 and 2 medical students per session generating 2656 adequately completed forms. There was a mean VAS gain of 19.1 (5.3 to 27.3) in self-reported confidence. Looking at relationship between attendance and exam scores, only two topics showed significant association between number of sessions attended and exam performance, fewer than hypothesised. The present study demonstrates that near-peer teaching for biological sciences is feasible and is associated with improved self-reported confidence in the sessions taught. The outcome data, showing significant effect for only a small number of items, demonstrates the difficulty of outcome related research.

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Die Erziehungswissenschaftliche Lehr- und Forschungswerkstatt (ELF) ist ein Projekt, das an den Arbeitsbereich der Professur Schulpädagogik: Schulforschung des Instituts für Erziehungswissenschaft an der Technischen Universität Dresden angebunden ist und seit dem Wintersemester 2013/2014 Lehrveranstaltungen anbietet. Die ELF bietet engagierten Studierenden Raum, sich wissenschaftsbasiert in Team- und Kooperationsfähigkeit, Selbständigkeit und kritischer Selbstreflexion zu üben. Mit den Angeboten „Kollegiale Fallberatung“, „Blocktrainings zu sozialen und personalen Kompetenzen im Lehrer*innenberuf“ (kurz auch „Kompetenztrainings“ oder „Trainings“ genannt) und „Tutor*innentraining 1 und 2“ werden pädagogische Kompetenzen der Studierenden gestärkt, die bereits in der Organisation und Bewältigung des Studienalltags höchste Relevanz haben (Themen der Trainings sind bspw. Stress-/Zeitmanagement und Kommunikation) und auch im späteren Berufsalltag eine erhebliche Rolle spielen. Im Zuge dieser Lehrerfahrungen werden die Studierenden intensiv, individuell und prozessbezogen in ihren Lern- und Entwicklungsprozessen im Sinne eines Peer-Coaching von studentischen Mitarbeiter*innen der ELF begleitet. Die Reflexion dieser Selbsterfahrung als Lehrperson im Studium ist ein bedeutsamer Faktor für erfolgreiches pädagogisches Handeln im späteren Berufsleben, da die Handlungs- und Reflexionsfähigkeit der Teilnehmenden maßgeblich erweitert werden. Die Vermittlung der Lehrinhalte im Rahmen der ELF folgt darüber hinaus dem Prinzip eines Multiplikatorensystems. Die Teilnehmer*innen aller Lehrveranstaltungen der ELF erhalten mit der letzten Sitzung der Kollegialen Fallberatung, am Ende des zweiten Trainingstages der Kompetenztrainings und zum Abschluss des Tutor*innenprogrammes einen auf das jeweilige Format der Lehrveranstaltung zugeschnittenen Evaluationsbogen. Der Evaluationsbogen erhebt neben personenbezogenen Daten auch subjektive Einstellungen zu dem Format und der Durchführung des jeweiligen Lehrangebotes sowie der Leitung dessen durch die Peer-Leiter*innen, Einstellungen bezüglich der ELF und deren Wahrnehmung sowie die Einschätzung der individuellen Kompetenzentwicklung. Im vorliegenden Bericht werden die Ergebnisse der durchgeführten Evaluationen im Zeitraum vom Wintersemester 2013/14 bis zum Sommersemester 2018 dargestellt und erörtert.:1 Einführung 2 Methodik 3 Kollegiale Fallberatung (KFB) 4 Kompetenztrainings 5 Tutor*innentraining 1 6 Tutor*innentraining 2 7 Auswertung offene Fragen 8 Ausblick 9 Literatur

Mit dieser Arbeit wurde erstmalig eine qualitative und quantitative Analyse zum Status quo der studentischen US-Ausbildung im deutschsprachigen Raum durchgeführt. Eingeschlossen wurden alle medizinischen Fakultäten (n=44) Deutschlands, Österreichs und der deutschsprachigen Schweiz, die im Dezember 2015 auf den Webseiten des MFT und Thieme.de verzeichnet waren [3, 70]. Ein standardisierter Fragebogen mit insgesamt 32 Fragen beleuchtete folgende Aspekte der studentischen US-Ausbildung: 1. Allgemeine Angaben 2. Organisation 3. Ressourcen 4. Überprüfung des Lernerfolgs 5. Evaluation Der Fragebogen wurde an alle LeiterInnen der jeweiligen fakultätseigenen Skillslabs verschickt mit der Bitte nach Beantwortung bzw. Weiterleitung an die US-Verantwortlichen der Fakultät. Die Befragung begann im Dezember 2015 und endete im Mai 2016. Die finale Rücklaufquote betrug 64% (28/44). Die statistische Auswertung erfolgte mit SPSS® 20, IBM Chicago. Die Mehrzahl der medizinischen Fakultäten im deutschsprachigen Raum bieten US-Kurse an. Allerdings ist die studentische US-Ausbildung vielerorts heterogen organisiert mit eher zu kurzer praktischer Übungszeit und zu hohem Studierenden-Lehrenden-Verhältnis. Damit US als bereicherndes Lehrmittel sinnvoll in das bereits überfüllte Curriculum des Humanmedizinstudiums integriert werden kann, sind minimale Standards notwendig. Basierend auf den Ergebnissen dieser Studie und einer Literaturrecherche schlagen der Autor und die Koautoren ein mögliches Rahmenwerk und Meilensteine auf dem Weg zu einem longitudinalen US-Curriculum im Humanmedizinstudium vor.:A Abkürzungsverzeichnis 3 B Einführung 4 1 Ultraschall als Grundkompetenz zukünftiger ÄrztInnen 4 2 Ultraschall als integraler Bestandteil des Humanmedizinstudiums 7 2.1 Ultraschall als Lehrmethode in der Makroanatomie und Physiologie 7 2.2 Ultraschall als Erweiterung der körperlichen Untersuchung 7 2.3 Wesentliche Inhalte publizierter Ultraschall-Curricula 8 2.4 Peer-Teaching und Studierendeninitiativen 10 2.5 Rahmencurriculum für die studentische Ultraschallausbildung 11 3 Ableitung der Rationale für die publizierte Studie 13 C Originalpublikation 14 1 Allgemeine Angaben 14 2 Skizzierung der publizierten Studie 15 3 Formatierte Originalpublikation 16 D Zusammenfassung 28 1 Hintergrund und Durchführung 28 2 Ergebnisse und Auswertung 29 E Literaturverzeichnis 33 F Anlagen 41 1 Anschreiben 41 2 Fragebogen 42 G Darstellung des eigenen Beitrags 52 H Verzeichnis über die wissenschaftlichen Veröffentlichungen und Vorträge 53 I Lebenslauf 54 J Erklärung über die eigenständige Abfassung der Arbeit 56 K Danksagung 57

This study attempted to determine, given an individual's learning environment preference as determined by Alone/Peer Oriented scale of the Productivity Environmental Preference Survey (PEPS), if achievement scores could be predicted when given either an individual or a peer-group teaching environment. Participants were graduate students (n = 18) enrolled in a graduate course.

This study investigates the effect of the helping relationship in cross-age tutoring upon the attitude toward school, self-concept, and grade average of elementary and middle-school students.The data measuring attitude toward school of those in the tutor-pupil relationship imply that this variable is the most sensitive to the tutoring program. The program resulted in a definitely superior attitude toward school for eighth graders and one sub-group of third graders. Therefore, it is concluded that cross-age tutoring can be expected to result in an improved attitude toward school on the part of children in specific age levels. Since no significant difference in self-concept was found, cross-age tutoring cannot be supported as an indirect means of improving the self-concept of children. Generally, the experimental condition of the tutor-pupil relationship did not result in higher grade averages for the experimental tutors and pupils in grades three, five, and six; however, the grade averages of lower-ability eighth-grade students showed highly significant gains over the control group. Therefore, although cross-age tutoring cannot be expected to improve academic standing of all elementary students, lower-ability eighth-grade students acting as tutors can be expected to improve their academic standing.

Objective: Some Veterans who recently served in the military report significant psychological problems based on their experiences in the military. Stressors that these Veterans face when they transition out of the military can exacerbate these problems and negatively impact their long-term physical and psychological well-being. We are conducting a randomized controlled trial (RCT) to evaluate the efficacy of providing Veterans who are transitioning back into their civilian communities trained, peer mentorship (Pro Vetus) and membership in a Veteran Support Organization (VSO- Team Red, White, and Blue) to reduce transition stressors, maintain psychological and physical health, reduce suicides and reduce criminal incidents. Method: Six hundred, New York City area Veterans who transitioned out of the military since 2002 will be randomized to one of three study arms (1. Team Red, White and Blue membership plus trained, peer Pro Vetus mentorship; 2. Team Red, White, and Blue membership; and 3. Waitlist control). Intent-to-treat analysis will compare changes in transition stressors (proximal measures) as well as psychological and physical health, suicide, and criminal incidents (distal measures). For this preliminary investigation of the full RCT, the results of 58 Veterans who completed the pre-intervention and post-intervention were analyzed. For the analysis, the first and second study arms were combined into one intervention arm because of the unbalanced nature of the arms. Results: The preliminary results indicate that Veterans in the combined intervention arm experienced less transition difficulties and had higher levels of social support at the four month post-intervention assessment. Though promising, there are still extensive limitations to the inferences that can be drawn from this research. These limitations will be reduced as data points increase and more Veterans participate in the research study. Keywords: Veterans, transition, peer mentorship, Veteran Support Organization, PTSD, suicide