Twelve tips for creating a medical education society

TL;DR

This paper provides practical tips for creating and sustaining a medical education society that uses peer teaching to enhance learning and mentorship.

Contribution

The paper offers twelve practical tips for organizing and maintaining a successful medical education society focused on peer teaching.

Findings

Peer teaching enhances student learning and provides tutors with essential educational skills.

Medical education societies can effectively support peer teaching and mentorship in a university setting.

Sustaining such societies requires careful planning, execution, and ongoing support.

Abstract

University societies are student-led organisations which provide excellent opportunities for students to collaborate in a shared interest. Peer teaching is gaining recognition as an effective method of medical education. Peer teaching also provides student tutors with core educational skills and provides students with approachable peer mentors. This article offers practical guidance on organising, planning, executing and sustaining peer teaching via a medical education society at university and outlines the supporting literature.