Peer tutoring benefits extend to the tutors themselves, including confidence, autonomy, leadership, teamwork, and empowerment¶

Claim · All claims
Evidence · 1 study · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2026 · checked against its sources 2026-10-31 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Several reviewed studies identified benefits for peer tutors themselves, including development of confidence, autonomy, leadership, teamwork skills, and greater empowerment. → Bertiola-Flores Claudio 2026

Evidence¶

Bertiola-Flores Claudio 2026¶

Bertiola-Flores Claudio, Infante-Villagrán Valeria Aylin, Palma-Vidal Natalia, Ferrada-Peña Claudio, Mazzo Alessandra, Díaz-Guio Diego Andrés. (2026). Peer tutoring in clinical simulation for health sciences education: a systematic review. BMC Medical Education. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12909-026-09582-0

q2 · i? · review · r2

Synthesis of tutor-side outcomes from the main-findings section of the review; the review reports that benefits extend "to the tutors themselves" across three included studies. No effect sizes are printed for these outcomes.

"Beyond student outcomes, several studies also identified benefits for the tutors themselves, including the development of confidence, autonomy, leadership, teamwork skills and greater empowerment [30, 32, 38]."

Discussion¶

Learner Variables¶

• Collaboration — outcome: instruction changes it

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