Peer Education

Question 1

what type of feedback can you give?

Answer 1

• Indirective and soft therefore the brain doesn’t recognise feedback
  Or too direct therefore acting defensive

Question 2

what are the four ways to give good feedback?

Answer 2

1. The micro-yes - asking a question which is sort but important. Can I share how we can improve… lets the person know feedback is away to be given, gives a feeling of autonomy .
   
   2. Data point - main specific what you saw or hear cut out objective word. Specify what need to change.
   3. Show impact - name how the data point impacted you.
   4. End on a question - creates commitment and compliance. Joint problem solving situation.

Question 3

what is the definition of peer learning?

Answer 3

‘students learning from and with each other in both formal and informal ways’. It is vital to consider who the ‘peers’ are in peer learning. The peers are in a similar situation as each other; they do not have power over each other through their position or responsibilities – they share the status of fellow learners, even though they arrive in the classroom with various backgrounds and levels of experience.

Question 4

Preparing for peer learning should include student exposure to what?

Answer 4

• working in groups;
• developing communication skills and active listening;
• presenting and explaining;
• preventing and dealing with conflict;
• problem solving;
• negotiation;
• facilitation;
• reflection and journal keeping;
• giving and receiving feedback;
  self and peer assessment.

Question 5

Skills gained from peer learning include what?

Answer 5

• ability to work with others;
• critical inquiry and reflection;
• communication and articulation of knowledge and understanding;
• managing learning and how to learn;
  ‘exploration and the sense of discover’

Question 6

Why use peer assessment?

Answer 6

• builds on a natural process of development from early life (learning from others);
• encourages collaborative learning through consideration of what constitutes ‘good work’ and promotes development and improvement;
• aligns with and supports tasks encouraging peer learning and collaboration (i.e. assessment should motivate students to partake in these activities and have a ‘sense of ownership’ of the assessment process);
• students gain a more sophisticated understanding of the gaps in their learning and gain a better grasp of the learning process;
• enhances conversation around the assessment process;
• promotes student writing skills, including clarification, reviewing and editing;
• heightens the capacity for judgement and making intellectual choices;
• reduces the power imbalance between teacher and students;
• promotes ability of students to give and receive feedback, an important part of work contexts;
• students become active participants in a ‘community of practice’ and gain an identity within this community;
  emphasises that assessment is part of learning (mistakes are opportunities rather than failures).

Question 7

what are the potential problems with peer assessment?

Answer 7

Concerns about quality in terms of effectiveness, acceptability, fairness, validity, reliability, accuracy and value of student assessments

Question 8

how can concerns with peer assessment be overcome by?

Answer 8

• developing clear marking criteria (developed and discussed with students if possible) that are aligned with the learning outcomes;
• providing some training in assessment;

Question 9

what are the disadvantages of using social media as a health care professionals?

Answer 9

• poor quality of information
• damage to professional image
• breaches of patient safety
• violation of patient
• licensing issues

Question 10

why may using social media as a health care professionals be useful?

Answer 10

promote patient health care education. They tweet, make blog posts, record videos, and participate in disease-specific discussion forums focused on patient education. Such forums provide an important opportunity for physicians to distribute evidence-based information to counter inaccurate material on the Internet. In some social media forums, the public is provided with an opportunity to participate in these discussions.

Question 11

what are the 9 points to the anatomy of the perfect social media post?

Answer 11

1. headline best practice
2. secondary headline
3. power trigram
4. special characters/ emoji
5. line breaks
6. quotes
7. hashtags
8. mentions
9. visuals