Online peer teaching in medical school during a pandemic period: a reflection

Lehashenee  Thirukumar; Lim Li Siew; Law  Hian Hui; Narendra Pamidi; Amudha Kadirvelu

doi:10.5220/0010473604910496

Online peer teaching in medical school during a pandemic period: a reflection

Lehashenee Thirukumar, Lim Li Siew, Law Hian Hui, Narendra Pamidi, Amudha Kadirvelu

Malaysia Jeffrey Cheah Sch of Med & HS

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Abstract

Peer-teaching has been rapidly adopted throughout higher education institutions, including medical schools, to provide students with a diverse learning environment and to enhance academic development. Peer assisted study session (PASS) is a peer-teaching program implemented in Monash University Malaysia and was conducted virtually during the COVID-19 pandemic. Perspectives from the viewpoint of peer tutors during the pandemic period are presented in this paper. Throughout the year, peer tutors were confronted with the unique challenges of teaching virtually. Various factors which contribute to changes in the dynamics of group-based discussions in online classes are discussed. On online platforms, students are graced with more privacy and freedom, a double-edged sword that can translate into reduced student engagement. Nonetheless, the practical skills acquired by adapting to the abrupt switch from on-campus to online peer-teaching can be employed in our future practice as health professionals.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education
Editors	Beno Csapo, James Uhomoibhi
Publisher	Scitepress
Pages	491-496
Number of pages	6
Volume	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9789897585029
ISBN (Print)	9789897585029
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.5220/0010473604910496
Publication status	Published - 2021
Event	International Conference on Computer Supported Education 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 23 Apr 2021 → 25 Apr 2021 Conference number: 13th https://csedu.scitevents.org/?y=2021 https://www.scitepress.org/ProceedingsDetails.aspx?ID=ew9K0nh+658=&t=1 (Volume 1) https://www.scitepress.org/ProceedingsDetails.aspx?ID=TuTL+02DleI=&t=1 (Volume 2)

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Name	International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU - Proceedings
Volume	1
ISSN (Electronic)	2184-5026

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Conference	International Conference on Computer Supported Education 2021
Abbreviated title	CSEDU 2021
City	Virtual, Online
Period	23/04/21 → 25/04/21
Other	CSEDU 2021 will be held in conjunction with GISTAM 2021, ICT4AWE 2021 and FEMIB 2021. Registration to CSEDU allows free access to the GISTAM, ICT4AWE and FEMIB conferences (as a non-speaker). CONFERENCE CHAIR James Uhomoibhi, Ulster University, United Kingdom PROGRAM CHAIR Beno Csapó, University of Szeged, Hungary KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Gyöngyvér Molnár, University of Szeged, Hungary Sanna Järvelä, University of Oulu, Finland Gwo-Jen Hwang, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taiwan, Republic of China
Internet address	https://csedu.scitevents.org/?y=2021 https://www.scitepress.org/ProceedingsDetails.aspx?ID=ew9K0nh+658=&t=1 (Volume 1) https://www.scitepress.org/ProceedingsDetails.aspx?ID=TuTL+02DleI=&t=1 (Volume 2)

Keywords

Medical Students
Online Learning
Peer Teaching

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Thirukumar, L., Li Siew, L., Hian Hui, L., Pamidi, N., & Kadirvelu, A. (2021). Online peer teaching in medical school during a pandemic period: a reflection. In B. Csapo, & J. Uhomoibhi (Eds.), Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education (Vol. 1, pp. 491-496). (International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU - Proceedings; Vol. 1). Scitepress. https://doi.org/10.5220/0010473604910496

Thirukumar, Lehashenee ; Li Siew, Lim ; Hian Hui, Law et al. / Online peer teaching in medical school during a pandemic period : a reflection. Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education. editor / Beno Csapo ; James Uhomoibhi. Vol. 1 Scitepress, 2021. pp. 491-496 (International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU - Proceedings).

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Thirukumar, L, Li Siew, L, Hian Hui, L, Pamidi, N & Kadirvelu, A 2021, Online peer teaching in medical school during a pandemic period: a reflection. in B Csapo & J Uhomoibhi (eds), Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education. vol. 1, International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU - Proceedings, vol. 1, Scitepress, pp. 491-496, International Conference on Computer Supported Education 2021, Virtual, Online, 23/04/21. https://doi.org/10.5220/0010473604910496

Online peer teaching in medical school during a pandemic period: a reflection. / Thirukumar, Lehashenee ; Li Siew, Lim; Hian Hui, Law et al.
Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education. ed. / Beno Csapo; James Uhomoibhi. Vol. 1 Scitepress, 2021. p. 491-496 (International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU - Proceedings; Vol. 1).

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Thirukumar L, Li Siew L, Hian Hui L, Pamidi N , Kadirvelu A. Online peer teaching in medical school during a pandemic period: a reflection. In Csapo B, Uhomoibhi J, editors, Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Computer Supported Education. Vol. 1. Scitepress. 2021. p. 491-496. (International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU - Proceedings). doi: 10.5220/0010473604910496

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