A Near-Peer Teaching Module to Supplement Current Undergraduate Teaching in ENT Surgery.

BACKGROUND: Near-peer teaching (NPT) has been successfully used in other medical specialties but not in ear, nose and throat surgery (ENT). Historically, undergraduates receive limited ENT exposure and subsequently report low confidence in ENT competencies. This has been a posited cause of high referral rates to the specialty. This study aimed to see if NPT could be implemented as an adjunct to traditional ENT teaching. ACTIVITY: Learners received a short NPT module that was focused on clinical ENT. Pre- and post-module questionnaires collected data on students' confidence and knowledge. RESULTS AND DISCUSSION: One hundred twenty-five undergraduate learners received the intervention. There was a significant percentage increase in both confidence (24.2%, p = < 0.001) and knowledge (35.9%, p = < 0.001) of learners. In a supervised setting, NPT could be a valuable adjunct to traditional undergraduate ENT education. © International Association of Medical Science Educators 2020.