The Third-Year Preview Program: A Near-Peer Shadowing for Second-Year Students with Third-Year Medical Students

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OPEN ACCESSAugust 6, 2014The Third-Year Preview Program: A Near-Peer Shadowing for Second-Year Students with Third-Year Medical Students Alexander Vogel, Samantha Gelfand, Robert Fallar, Peter Gliatto, Reena Karani Alexander Vogel Icahn School of Medicine Google Scholar More articles by this author , Samantha Gelfand Yale University School of Medicine Google Scholar More articles by this author , Robert Fallar Mount Sinai School of Medicine Google Scholar More articles by this author , Peter Gliatto Mount Sinai School of Medicine Google Scholar More articles by this author , Reena Karani Mount Sinai School of Medicine Google Scholar More articles by this author https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.9866 SectionsAbout ToolsDownload Citations ShareFacebookTwitterEmail Abstract Introduction: New clinical students feel a profound amount of stress and anxiety as they transition to the clinical workplace setting. Peer-assisted learning has been shown to be useful in helping to effectively educate medical students. However, no peer-assisted learning model has been developed to prepare second-year students for this transition and to reduce the anxiety associated with it. The Third-Year Preview Program was designed to prepare students for third year by providing them with tangible skills and to decrease their anxiety through an in-person immersion with a third-year student on the wards. Methods: From recruitment through assessment of efficacy, this curriculum directs the successful implementation of a near-peer shadowing program linking second-year students with third-year students. Materials include sample recruitment tools, a guide given to both mentor and mentee to help shape the day, and a survey to assess the efficacy of the program. The survey has three parts. Self-reported skill and knowledge improvement are assessed by questions presented as a 5-point Likert-type scale (from disagree to agree). Students' perceived anxiety towards the transition to third-year is assessed by an adapted version of a published and validated perceived anxiety scale. Finally, open-ended questions give participants the opportunity to reflect on the program as a whole. Results: Of the 25 students who participated in the program, 21 (84%) completed the survey. While the sample size was small, the results overwhelmingly suggested that in just half a day, the Third-Year Preview Program can make a meaningful difference for second-year students by helping them prepare for third year and can alleviate significant anxiety by allowing them to experience what third year is truly like. Discussion: It has been well documented in the literature that students feel significant anxiety in regard to transitioning to the clinical work space from the classroom setting. Our data suggest that the Third-Year Preview Program can meaningfully decrease anxiety for students and let them start third year with more confidence. Educational Objectives Utilization of this program will: Decrease second-year student anxiety related to the transition to clinical workplace learning in the third year.Prepare students for third-year clerkships by providing them with tangible skills and knowledge helpful on the wards. Sign up for the latest publications from MedEdPORTAL Add your email below FILES INCLUDEDReferencesRelatedDetails FILES INCLUDED Included in this publication: User Guide.docx Mentor recruitment form.docx Mentor Checklist.docx Survey.docx Annotated Bibliography.docx To view all publication components, extract (i.e., unzip) them from the downloaded .zip file. Download editor’s noteThis publication may contain technology or a display format that is no longer in use. CitationVogel A, Gelfand S, Fallar R, Gliatto P, Karani R. The Third-Year Preview Program: A Near-Peer Shadowing for Second-Year Students with Third-Year Medical Students. MedEdPORTAL. 2014;10:9866. https://doi.org/10.15766/mep_2374-8265.9866 Copyright & Permissions© 2014 Vogel et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license.KeywordsMedicalEducational MeasurementLearner AssessmentAnxietySchoolsLearningMentorsTransitionClinical Clerkship Disclosures None to report. Funding/Support None to report. Prior Presentations Vogel AS, Gelfand S, Fallar R, Gliatto P, Karani R. The third-year preview program: a near-peer shadowing program for second- and third-year medical students. Poster presented at: 10th Annual Institute for Medical Education Research Day; April 30, 2013; New York, NY. Loading ...