Peer tutoring contributes to psychological safety and reduced anxiety in demanding simulation learning environments¶
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Currency · newest study 2026 · checked against its sources 2026-10-31 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person
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q2 i? Peer tutoring was found to enhance psychological safety and lower anxiety levels in demanding learning environments across several included studies. → 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
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Narrative synthesis of the main-findings section reporting that peer tutoring "was found to enhance psychological safety" and reduce anxiety, drawing on three of the included studies. The review prints no effect size for this outcome.
"Peer tutoring was also found to enhance psychological safety, contributing to lower anxiety levels in demanding learning environments [33, 35, 38]."
Discussion¶
Learner Variables¶
- Academic Anxiety — outcome: instruction changes it
- Safety — outcome: instruction changes it
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