The Efficacy of Near-Peer Teaching in Paramedicine Education: a Literature Review

Abstract

The transition of paramedic practice to paramedicine benchmarked by higher education programs has identified practical skills acquisition difficulty. Pedagogical interventions for health-related education programs advocate for strategies such as near-peer teaching as a viable solution to address these challenges. However, there remains a paucity of published literature on paramedicine-specific near-peer programs. This systematic review aimed to identify research that described or documented paramedicine-specific near-peer teaching programs and categorize the outcomes to better understand the perceived benefit of NPT in paramedicine education.